R: Change in Pulmonary Response after Exposure to Cotton Dust

pulmonary {ICSNP} | R Documentation

## Change in Pulmonary Response after Exposure to Cotton Dust

### Description

Changes in pulmonary function of 12 workers after 6 hours of exposure to cotton dust.

### Usage

    data(pulmonary)

### Format

A data frame with 12 observations on the following 3 variables.

`FVC`

  change in FVC (forced vital capacity) after 6 hours.

`FEV`

  change in FEV\_3 (forced expiratory volume) after 6 hours.

`CC`

  change in CC (closing capacity) after 6 hours.

### Note

There is also a different version of this data set around. In the different version the FVC value of subject 11 is -0.01 instead of -0.10.

### Source

Merchant, J. A., Halprin, G. M., Hudson, A. R. Kilburn, K. H., McKenzie, W. N., Hurst, D. J. and Bermazohnm P. (1975), Responses to cotton dust, Archives of Environmental Health, 30, 222–229, Table 5.

Reprinted with permission of the Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation. Published by Heldref Publications, 1319 Eighteenth St., NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. www.heldref.org.

### References

Hettmansperger, T. P. and McKean, J. W. (1998), Robust Nonparametric Statistical Methods, London: Arnold.

### Examples

    data(pulmonary)
    plot(pulmonary)

[Package ICSNP version 1.1-0 Index]