Pulmonary function and exercise capacity in metal industry workers
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Pulmonary function and exercise capacity in metal industry workers.
This article intends to evaluate the lung function and capacity to exercise and correlate both of them in metal industry workers.
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عنوان ژورنال: Work
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1875-9270,1051-9815
DOI: 10.3233/wor-2012-0974-5856