Does occupational exposure to iron promote infection?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 529-534

  Palmer, Keith ^a   Coggon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC OXIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRON OVERLOAD; LUNG FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDEROSIS;

EID: 0030826095     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.8.529     Document Type: Review

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