Airway disease in highway and tunnel construction workers exposed to silica

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 983-996

  Oliver, L Christine ^a,b   Miracle McMahill, Heidi ^a  

^a Occupational Health Institute   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Carpenters; Concrete dust; Healthy worker effect; OSHA; Respirable crystalline silica; Slurry wall; Tunnel jacking; Tunnel workers

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CARPENTER; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; BOSTON; BRONCHITIS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33845269585     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20406     Document Type: Article

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