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Estimates of restrictive ventilatory defect in the mining industry. Considerations for epidemiological investigations: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: (1) To assess the impact of American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) ‘acceptability’ and ‘usability’ criteria for spirometry on the estimates of restrictive ventilatory defect in a population of taconite miners. (2) To compare estimates of restrictive ventilat...

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Autores principales: Odo, Nnaemeka U, Mandel, Jeffrey H, Perlman, David M, Alexander, Bruce H, Scanlon, Paul D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23869101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002561