Health effects of occupational exposure among shoe workers. A review;Skutki zdrowotne ekspozycji na czynniki szkodliwe pracowników produkcji i naprawy obuwia

Medycyna Pracy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-71

  Szadkowska Stańczyk, Irena ^a,b   Woźniak, Helena ^a   Stroszejn Mrowca, Grazyna ^a  

^a Instytutu Medycyny Pracy Prof J N   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epidemiological studies; Health effects; Occupational exposure; Shoe production and repair

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; SOLVENT; CARCINOGEN;

BIOSAFETY; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERGONOMICS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NOSE CARCINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARANASAL SINUS CARCINOMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW; SHOE; WORKER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DUST; LEATHER INDUSTRY; NOSE TUMOR; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; POLAND; RISK FACTOR;

CARCINOGENS; DUST; HUMANS; NOSE NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; POLAND; RISK FACTORS; SHOES; SOLVENTS; TANNING;

EID: 0041764951     PISSN: 04655893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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