Silicosis in automobile foundry workers: A 29-year cohort study

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-129

  Zhang, Min ^a,b   Zheng, Ying Dong ^c   Du, Xie Yi ^b   Lu, Yang ^b   Li, Wen Jie ^b   Qi, Cheng ^d   Wu, Zheng Lai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d Dongfeng Institution of Occupational Disease Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Foundry; Incidence; Occupational exposure limit; Odds ratio (OR); Person year; Relative risk (RR); Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952813869     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(10)60041-4     Document Type: Article

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