Chest radiological findings in Pakistani cement mill workers

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-290

  Meo, Sultan A ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAKISTAN; PLEURA THICKENING; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL STATUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0038733844     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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