A 40-year follow-up of whetstone cutters on silicosis

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-76

  Ogawa, Suteo ^a   Imai, Hiroto ^a   Ikeda, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest radiogram; Clinical course; Progression; Silicosis; Whetstone cutting

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DUST EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKER;

EID: 0038067933     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.69     Document Type: Conference Paper

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