24 Years of pneumoconiosis mortality surveillance in Australia

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 309-313

  Smith, Derek R ^a,b   Leggat, Peter A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Australia; Coal workers' pneumoconiosis; Pneumoconiosis; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUSTRALIA; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SILICOSIS;

ASBESTOS; AUSTRALIA; COAL MINING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICOSIS;

EID: 33750532983     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.48.309     Document Type: Article

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