Pneumoconiosis among workers in a Vietnamese refractory brick facility

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 397-402

  Vien, Chinh Chien ^a   Sanders, Kim Chai ^b   Doan, Ngoc Hai ^a   Takaro, Tim ^b   Checkoway, Harvey ^b   Keifer, Matthew ^b   Phan, Hong Son ^a   Le, Van Trung ^a   Barnhart, Scott ^b  

^a National Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Occupational exposure; Occupational health; Pneumoconiosis; Silicon dioxide; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; SILICOSIS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0036829446     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10125     Document Type: Article

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