Document ID (ISN) | 25044 |
CIS number |
76-664 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0003-4878 - Annals of Occupational Hygiene |
Year |
1975 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Balaam L.N., McCullagh S.F. |
Title |
Vital capacity and one-second forced expiratory volume in Australian male asbestos cement workers. |
Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1975, Vol.18, No.2, p.133-141. Illus. 7 ref. |
Abstract |
The effect of asbestos exposure was studied in 955 asbestos-cement workers, and a considerable influence on the relationship between age, height, vital capacity (VC) and one-second forced expiratory volume (FEV1) found. The VC and FEV1 were not significantly lower than those of non-asbestos workers, in respect to the exposed group as a whole, but became so when the latter was divided up into 5 exposure categories, as is shown in a detailed statistical analysis. Smoking did not affect the VC and FEV1. |
Descriptors (primary) |
asbestos; respirable dust; asbestos cement industry; one-second forced expiratory volume; vital capacity |
Descriptors (secondary) |
Australia; smoking; comparative study; respiratory function tests; statistical evaluation; occupational health survey |
Document type |
- |
Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Asbestos Cement and concrete
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