Don't just "do spirometry"--closing the loop in workplace spirometry programs.
The authors acknowledge that surveillance is a word that often causes eyes to glaze over and recognize that spirometry is often a casualty of a routine approach to surveillance. This article describes how to use spirometry as an active part of an on-site workplace occupational health program whose emphasis is avoiding trouble by knowing where and how to look for signs of occupational lung disease.
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Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.
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D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013147:Spirometry