Assessment of air pollution and its effects on the health status of the workers in beam rolling mills factory (Iran National Steel Industrial Group) from Ahvaz-Iran

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-22

  Rafiei, Masoud ^a   Gadgil, Alaka ^a   Ghole, Vikram ^a   Gore, Sharad ^a   Jaafarzadeh, Neemat ^a   Mirkazemi, Roksana ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Beam and steel; Relative risk; Respiratory particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COUGHING; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 71149108246     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.50719     Document Type: Article

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