Pattern and predictors of mortality in sandstone quarry workers

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 80-85

  Mathur, M L ^a  

^a Desert Medicine Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Mortality; Predictors; Stone quarry workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; SAND; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX PAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 27644479822     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.16747     Document Type: Article

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