Respiratory health and fluoride exposure in different parts of the modern primary aluminum industry

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 297-303

  Radon, K ^a,b   Nowak, D ^a,b   Heinrich Ramm, R ^a   Szadkowski, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Across shift changes; Fluoride; Primary aluminum industry; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; SPIROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0032850155     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050378     Document Type: Article

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