Early detection of chronic dust-induced bronchitis in the workers of coal mines in Rostov region
Zabolotnikova, O.D.; Piktushanskaia, I.N.; Kutovoĭ, V.I.
Meditsina Truda i Promyshlennaia Ekologiia 10: 27-29
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1026-9428 PMID: 7866714 Document Number: 424077
To diagnose mild forms of dust bronchitis in miners, the medical examination covered pulmonary ventilation parameters. The examination revealed bronchial obstruction, so early stages of bronchitis became 2-2.5 times more frequently diagnosed. Registration of flow-volume curve in forced expiration appeared to be the most productive functional test.