An epidemiological study of talc-related respiratory morbidity among employees of a rubber industry in Shiraz-Iran

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 539-546

  Neghab, M ^a   Rahimi, E ^a   Emad, A ^b   Rajaeei Fard, A R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Respiratory morbidity; Rubber workers; Talc

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT; TALC;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHITIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; IRAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRAN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RUBBER; TALC;

EID: 34247866448     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0161-0     Document Type: Article

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