Clinical and histopathological changes of the nasal mucosa induced by occupational exposure to sulphuric acid mists

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 395-402

  Grasel, S S ^a   Alves, V A F ^a   Da Silva, C S ^b   Cruz, O L M ^c   Almeida, E R ^a   De Oliveira, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fundacentro   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFURIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; EPITHELIUM DYSPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINA PROPRIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NASAL BIOPSY; NOSE MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SMOKING HABIT; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; ULCER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOPSY; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NOSE DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFURIC ACIDS;

EID: 0038648698     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.6.395     Document Type: Article

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