Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis: A study of prevalence in coal mines of eastern Madhya Pradesh and Orissa States of India

Industrial Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 467-473

  Parihar, Yogendra Singh ^a   Patnaik, Jitendra Prasad ^a   Nema, Bal Krishna ^a   Sahoo, Gagan Behari ^a   Misra, Indu Bhusan ^a   Adhikary, Subrata ^a  

^a South Eastern Coalfields Limited Madhya Pradesh   (India)

Author keywords

Category; Irregular; Opacity; Periodical Medical Examination; Pneumoconiosis; Prevalence; Profusion; Rounded

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COAL WORKER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030679571     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.35.467     Document Type: Article

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