Occupational exposure to lignite and impact on respiratory system among heavy industry personnel

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-414

  Drivas, Spyros ^a   Rachiotis, George ^b   Vlastos, Fotis D ^b   Zacharias, Constantinos ^b   Alexopoulos, Charalambos G ^b   Symvoulakis, Manolis ^b   Vasiliou, Miltos ^b   Behrakis, Panagiotis K ^b  

^a Hellenic Institute for Occupational Health and Safety   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dust; Lignite; Respiratory system; Smoking; Worker

Indexed keywords

LIGNITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRONCHITIS; DUST; FOSSIL FUELS; GREECE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 34547689655     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.409     Document Type: Article

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