Prevalence of respiratory abnormalities and pneumoconiosis in dental laboratory technicians

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Özdemir Doǧan, Derya ^a   Özdemir, Ali Kemal ^a   Polat, Nilüfer Tülin ^a   Dal, Uǧur ^b   Gümüş, Cesur ^a   Akkurt, Ibrahim ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dental laboratory technicians; Occupational lung disease; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; TURKEY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 77955293493     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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