The effect of environmental pollution on the respiratory system of lignite miners: A diachronic study

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 452-464

  Sichletidis, L ^a   Tsiotsios, I ^a   Chloros, D ^a   Daskalopoulou, E ^a   Ziomas, I ^a   Michailidis, K ^a   Kottakis, I ^a   Konstantinidis, Th ^a   Palladas, P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrophic rhinitis; Chronic bronchitis; Fly ash; Lignite miners; Rhinomanometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; COAL MINING; GREECE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; COAL MINING; GREECE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 25144512571     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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