126.com; Dr Ting Wang; wangti08{at}163.com Objectives Susceptibility loci of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were also significantly associated with the ...

iom-world.org Objectives In the 1950s the Pneumoconiosis Field Research (PFR) programme was set up to study the health of British coal workers. Studies included regular health surveys, an intensive ...

Miners without tuberculosis or pneumoconiosis served as a comparison group. CONCLUSIONS Tuberculosis can cause chronic impairment of lung function which increases incrementally with the number of ...

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