Pneumoconiosis and work-related health complaints in Turkish dental laboratory workers

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 282-288

  Çimrin, Arif ^a   Kömüs, Nuray ^a   Karaman, Canan ^a   Tertemiz, Kemal Can ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dental technicians; Occupational lung disease; Pneumoconisis; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SMOKING; TURKEY;

EID: 70349778690     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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