title: Clinically significant lung function impairment due to current levels of respirable quartz?
authors.affiliation: Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pallapies
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taeger
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hagemeyer
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Merget
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brüning
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects*; D008906:Mining; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000209:etiology*; D011791:Quartz / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D011791:Quartz