Non-malignant consequences of decreasing asbestos exposure in the Brazil chrysotile mines and mills

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 381-389

  Bagatin, E ^a,b   Neder, J A ^c   Nery, L E ^c   Terra Filho, M ^d   Kavakama, J ^d   Castelo, A ^c   Capelozzi, V ^d   Sette, A ^c   Kitamura, S ^a,b   Favero, M ^a,b   Moreira Filho, D C ^a,b   Tavares, R ^c   Peres, C ^c   Becklake, M R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Faculty of Medicine of Jundiai   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DUST; DYSPNEA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INHALATION; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PLEURA; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 20044385749     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.016188     Document Type: Article

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