Pneumoconiosis among Cretan dental technicians

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Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 338-342

  Froudarakis, Marios E ^a,b   Voloudaki, Argyro ^a   Bouros, Demosthenes ^a   Drakonakis, George ^a   Hatzakis, Kostas ^a   Siafakas, Nikos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dental technicians; Epidemiology; Lung function; Occupational exposure; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0032773603     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029404     Document Type: Article

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