Physiological evidence that emphysema is not a feature of byssinosis.
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Physiological evidence that emphysema is not a feature of byssinosis.
A group of women with byssinosis of grades 2 and 3 were seen consecutively over three years in an occupational outpatient clinic. Detailed lung function tests were performed and the results for smokers and non-smokers compared. One hundred and fifty three patients were seen and 50 of these were life time non-smokers, 35 smoked one to nine cigarettes a day, and 68 smoked 10 or more cigarettes a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.41.1.6