Hazardous occupational exposure and lung disease among nylon flock workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 145-146

  Burkhart, Joseph ^a   Jones, William ^b   Porter, Dale W ^b   Washko, Rita M ^b   Eschenbacher, William L ^b   Castellan, Robert M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fibers; Flock; Interstitial lung disease; Nylon; Occupational health and safety; Textiles; Work environment

Indexed keywords

NYLON;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RAT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; NYLONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RATS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032871166     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199909)36:1+<145::AID-AJIM51>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Conference Paper

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