Burden and predictors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease occurrence and severity among an occupational cohort of United States Department of Energy former workers

• Sara C. Howard ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors share equal first author on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Epidemiology and Exposure Science, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9290-4319

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• Louis Rocconi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-0957

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• Agricola Odoi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aodoi@utk.edu

  ¶‡ These authors share equal first author on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5050-6737

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