Environmental monitoring of asbestos products manufacturing units - A case study

Indian Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-292

  Gautam, Ajay Kumar ^a   Yunus, M ^b   Rahman, A ^c   Reddy, S Sreedhar ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Asbestos dust; Cigarette Smoking; Pulmonary functgion test

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STANDARD;

ASBESTOS; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 3042855724     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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