The ATS/ERS 2019 Spirometry Statement and Occupational Spirometry Testing in the U.S.
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ACOEM position statement. Spirometry in the occupational setting. American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
This position statement reviews several aspects of spirometric testing in the workplace, where spirometry is employed in the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of occupational lung disease. Primary prevention includes pre-placement and fitness-for-duty examinations as well as research and monitoring of health status in groups of exposed workers; secondary prevention includes periodic m...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1073-449X,1535-4970
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201911-2267le