Pulmonary effects of occupational exposure to portland cement: A study from Eastern Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 272-277

  Ballal, Seifeddin G ^b   Ahmed, Hafiz O ^a   Ali, Basil A ^a   Albar, Adnan A ^a   Alhasan, Abdullah Y ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Portland cement; Respiratory symptoms; Saudi Arabia; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DUST; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

EID: 4444278169     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2004.10.3.272     Document Type: Article

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