Occupational lung disease in China

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 320-325

  Wang, Xiao Rong ^b   Christiani, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

China; Occupational lung disease; Pneumoconiosis; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CHINA; COAL MINING; COTTON DUST; DUST CONTROL; DUST EXPOSURE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SILICOSIS; STANDARD; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ASBESTOSIS; BYSSINOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; INDUSTRY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOSIS; BYSSINOSIS; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RESEARCH; SILICOSIS;

EID: 2142689176     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2003.9.4.320     Document Type: Review

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