Silicosis in Turkish denim sandblasters

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 554-558

  Akgun, Metin ^a,b   Mirici, Arzu ^a   Ucar, Elif Yilmazel ^a   Kantarci, Mecit ^a   Araz, Omer ^a   Gorguner, Metin ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Aziziye Arastirma Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Denim; Sandblasting; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; OXYGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMPLOYMENT; FATALITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG BIOPSY; MALAISE; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SILICOSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SILICOSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TURKEY;

EID: 33845689074     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql094     Document Type: Article

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