Occupational respiratory disease in mining

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 304-310

  Ross, M H ^a,b   Murray, J ^b,c  

^a Mine Health and Safety Council   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Coal; Lung disease; Mining; Silica; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; COAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ASBESTOSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SILICOSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ASBESTOSIS; COAL MINING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SILICOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 4444316187     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh073     Document Type: Review

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