Silicosis in the twenty first century

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 721-722

  Sherson, D ^a  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FOUNDRY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MINING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SILICOSIS;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICOSIS;

EID: 0036844852     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.11.721     Document Type: Editorial

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