Occupational exposure to dust: Inflammation and ischaemic heart disease

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 466-469

  Sjögren, Bengt ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dust; Fibrinogen; Ischaemic heart disease

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0030751835     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.7.466     Document Type: Article

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