Occupational exposures and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): comparison of a COPD-specific job exposure matrix and expert-evaluated occupational exposures
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and occupational exposures
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in both industrialized and developing countries. Cigarette smoking is the major risk factor for COPD. However, relevant information from the literature published within the last years, either on general population samples or on workplaces, indicate that about 15% of all cases of COPD is work-rel...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1351-0711,1470-7926
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103753