Working conditions and pneumoconiosis in Turkish coal miners between 1985 and 2004: A report from Zonguldak coal basin, Turkey

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-260

  Tor, Meltem ^a   Öztürk, Mesut ^b   Altin, Remzi ^a   Çimrin, Arif Hikmet ^c  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Coal Enterprises ^*  (Turkey)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coal; Coal dust; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

COAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ANTHRACOSIS; COAL MINING; DUST; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958108215     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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