Radiological progression and its predictive risk factors in silicosis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 467-471

  Lee, H S ^a   Phoon, W H ^a   Ng, T P ^b  

^a Ministry of Manpower Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Granite quarry; Radiological progression; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DUST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SILICOSIS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0034948726     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.7.467     Document Type: Article

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