Mineral dust exposure in young Indian adults: An effect on lung growth?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 306-310

  Green, David A ^a   McAlpine, G ^b   Semple, S ^b   Cowie, H ^c   Seaton, A ^b  

^a WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDIAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINERAL DUST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INDIA; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; QUARTZ; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 42949137591     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.032797     Document Type: Article

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