The current state of workers' pneumoconiosis in relationship to dusty working environments in Okayama prefecture, Japan

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 303-308

  Takigawa, Tomoko ^a   Kishimoto, Takumi ^b   Nabe, Makoto ^c   Nishide, Tadashi ^b   Wang, Da Hong ^a   Seki, Akihiko ^a   Uchida, Genkei ^b   Kira, Shohei ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okayama Occup Hlth Prom Center   (Japan)

^c Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dust exposure; Japan; Pneumoconiosis; Profusion; Shipyard welder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0038005337     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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