Risk indicator of dust exposure and health effects in cement plant workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 654-661

  Alvear Galindo, M G ^a   Mendez Ramirez, I ^a,b   Villegas Rodriguez, J A ^c   Chapela Mendoza, R ^d   Eslava Campos, C A ^a   Laurell, A C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK;

EID: 0032815904     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199908000-00007     Document Type: Article

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