Relative chronic effects of different occupational dusts on respiratory indices and health of workers in three Ethiopian factories

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 373-380

  Mengesha, Yoseph A ^a,c   Bekele, Asrat ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Labour and Social Affairs Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Occupational dusts; Respiratory impairment; Respiratory indices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0031664412     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199810)34:4<373::aid-ajim11>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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