Occupational lung diseases and the mining industry in Mongolia

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-201

  Lkhasuren, Oyuntogos ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^b   Dash Onolt, Lkhamsuren ^c  

^a MONGOLIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Center of Occupational Disease in Mongolia   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Coal mining; Dust induced chronic bronchitis; Gold mining; Informal sector; Mongolia; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COAL MINING; DUST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MINING; MONGOLIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS;

EID: 34250868330     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2007.13.2.195     Document Type: Article

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