World at work: Marble quarrying in Tuscany

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 417-421

  Angotzi, G ^a,d   Bramanti, L ^a   Tavarini, D ^a   Gragnani, M ^a   Cassiodoro, L ^a   Moriconi, L ^a   Saccardi, P ^a   Pinto, I ^b   Stacchini, N ^b   Bovenzi, M ^c  

^a Department of Occupational Medicine   (Italy)

^b Department of Prevention   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d Servizio di Medicino del Lavoro   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLIMATE; DUST; ERGONOMICS; FUME; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCLE DISEASE; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DUST; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ITALY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 20044390019     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.018721     Document Type: Review

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