Lung function of Polish coalminers - normal spirometry after 20 years of dust exposure

S. J. Ostrowski, W. Barud, A. Bilan, W. Myslinski, A. Grzywa-Celinska (Lublin, Poland)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Asbestos, coal mining and jeans blasting: old and new causes of occupational respiratory disease
Disease area: Airway diseases

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S. J. Ostrowski, W. Barud, A. Bilan, W. Myslinski, A. Grzywa-Celinska (Lublin, Poland). Lung function of Polish coalminers - normal spirometry after 20 years of dust exposure. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 975

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