[Pulmonary function tests in a population with endemic pleural plaques and environmental asbestos exposure].
The prevalence of pleural plaques in a sample of a community subjected to environmental asbestos exposure from natural deposits was 10%. Spirogram, flow-volume curves and pulmonary resistance of persons with plaques were not significantly different from controls. The larger, age-dependent decrease in lung function parameters in our sample as compared with various reference values may be explained by accelerated "aging" of the bronchial tree related to exposure to the noxious inhalant or by underrepresentation of the higher age groups in the reference studies.
D000368:Aged; D001194:Asbestos; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001317:Austria; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests
D001194:Asbestos
Lungenfunktionsuntersuchungen in einer Population mit endemischen Pleuraplaques und umweltbedingter Asbestexposition.