Dust exposure and impairment of lung function at a small iron foundry in a rapidly developing country

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 656-662

  Gomes, J ^a   Lloyd, O L ^b   Norman, N J ^b   Pahwa, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Dust exposure; Foundry; Lung function; Personal protection; Smoking

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VITAL CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034827560     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.10.656     Document Type: Article

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