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The relative importance of smoking compared to occupation in decreased pulmonary function
Author(s) -
Barnes Robert
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132120.x
Subject(s) - vital capacity , pneumoconiosis , medicine , pulmonary function testing , lung function , occupational lung disease , expiration , lung volumes , occupational disease , lung , cardiology , restrictive lung disease , demography , physical therapy , environmental health , diffusing capacity , respiratory system , pathology , sociology
This paper reports a study comparing the forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiration volume in one second (FEV,) of 684 workers grouped according to smoking habits and to disability from pneumoconiosis. The study was longitudinal and, although the pulmonary function tests decreased with age, as expected, the fall was greater in smokers without occupational lung disease than in nonsmokers with occupational lung disease.