Chronic laryngitis in glassblowers

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 302-307

  Baletic, Nenad ^a   Jakovljevic, Branko ^b   Marmut, Zoran ^b   Petrovic, Zeljko ^c   Paunovic, Katarina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Chronic laryngitis; Glass industry; Glassblowers; Noxious factors; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHEMICAL AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC LARYNGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; GAS; GLASS INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INHALATION; LARYNGITIS; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NOSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; GLASS; HUMANS; LARYNGITIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 18844444233     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.302     Document Type: Article

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