High prevalence and advanced silicosis in active granite workers: A dose-response analysis including FEV1

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 827-833

  Rego, Gumersindo ^a,c   Pichel, Arturo ^b   Quero, Aida ^a   Dubois, Alejandro ^b   Martínez, Cristina ^a   Isidro, Isabel ^a   Gil, Manuel ^b   Cuervo, Víctor ^a   González, Artemio ^a  

^a National Institute of Silicosis   (Spain)

^b Department of Occupational Medicine ^*  (Spain)

^c Instituto Nacional de Silicosis   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GRANITE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; SPAIN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849120662     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31816a9e77     Document Type: Article

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