Continued exposure to silica after diagnosis of silicosis in Brazilian gold miners

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 811-818

  Carneiro, Ana Paula Scalia ^a,d   Barreto, Sandhi Maria ^a   Siqueira, Arminda Lucia ^a   Cavariani, Fulvio ^b   Forastiere, Francesco ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^c Rome E Health Authority   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exposure; Mining; Prognosis; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MINING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SILICOSIS; SPIROMETRY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATELECTASIS; BRAZIL; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL DISEASES; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33749127683     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20379     Document Type: Article

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