End stage renal disease among ceramic workers exposed to silica

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 559-561

  Rapiti, Elisabetta ^a   Sperati, Alessandra ^a   Miceli, Maria ^a   Forastiere, Francesco ^a   Di Lallo, Domenico ^a   Cavariani, Fulvio ^b   Goldsmith, David F ^c   Perucci, Carlo A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramics; End stage renal disease; Silica; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAL STATISTICS; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0032799173     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.8.559     Document Type: Article

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