Respiratory health and silica exposure of stone carvers in Thailand

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-308

  Yingratanasuk, Tanongshak ^a   Seixas, Noah ^a   Barnhart, Scott ^a   Brodkin, Drew ^a  

^a BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Exposure response relationship; Silicosis; Stone work

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS; SPUTUM; THAILAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036797728     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2002.8.4.301     Document Type: Article

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