Respiratory health among quartz-exposed slate workers - A problem even today

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 406-407

  Suhr, Hilde ^a,d   Bang, Berit ^b   Moen, Bente E ^c  

^a Dept Child/Adolescent Psychiatry   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Quartz; Silicosis; Slate worker

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SILICOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUARTZ; SILICOSIS;

EID: 0141506907     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg082     Document Type: Article

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