Respiratory health of female stone grinders with free silica dust exposure in Gujarat, India

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 280-282

  Tiwari, Rajnarayan R ^a   Sharma, Yashwant K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Female workers; India; Quartz; Silica; Silicosis; Stone grinders; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY HEALTH; SILICOSIS; SPIROMETRY; STONE GRINDER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORKER;

EID: 56549098666     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2008.14.4.280     Document Type: Article

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