Health hazards of cement dust

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1153-1159

  Meo, Sultan A ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

BODY REGIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONGENITAL DISORDER; EYE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

ABNORMALITIES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 5044223693     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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