Lung disorders of workers exposed to rush smear dust in China

Industrial Health

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 556-563

  Xiao, Guo Bing ^a   Morinaga, Kenji ^b,i   Wang, Ren Yuan ^c   Xu, Lai Rong ^d   Ma, Zao Hua ^e   Zhang, Xing ^f   Kishimoto, Takumi ^g   Kohyama, Norihiko ^h  

^a Ningbo Municipal Agency for Public Health Inspection and Supervision   (China)

^b NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Ningbo College of Health Sciences   (China)

^d Yin Zhou Dist Ctr Dis Contr P   (China)

^e NINGBO MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f Academy of Medical Sciences   (China)

^g Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization   (Japan)

^h TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dust; Lung function; Pneumoconiosis; Rush mat; Silica

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; X RAY;

EID: 33751097242     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.44.556     Document Type: Article

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