High prevalence of accelerated silicosis among gold miners in Jiangxi, China

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 876-880

  Lap, Ah Tse ^a   Zhi, Min Li ^b,c   Tze, Wai Wong ^a   Zhen, Ming Fu ^a   Yu, Ignatius Tak Sun ^a,d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Shenzhen Hospital for the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases   (China)

^c Jiangxi Institute of Labour Hygiene and Occupational Medicine   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accelerated silicosis; Goldmine; Miners

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRILL; DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MINER; MINING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SILICOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; GOLD COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36549015136     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20510     Document Type: Article

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