Silicosis among agate workers at Shakarpur: An analysis of clinic-based data

Lung India

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 221-224

  Chaudhury, Nayanjeet ^a   Phatak, Ajay ^b   Paliwal, Rajiv ^c   Raichaudhari, Chandra ^c  

^a IRC Village   (India)

^b Central Research Services   (India)

^c PS Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

co morbity; pneumoconiosis; Silicosis; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RADIOLOGIST; RISK; SILICOSIS; STATISTICS; TERMINAL DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKER;

EID: 78149379079     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.71955     Document Type: Article

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