The risk of hospitalisation for infectious pneumonia in mineral dust exposed industries

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-119

  Koh, Dong Hee ^a   Moon, Ki Tae ^b   Kim, Jeong Youn ^c   Choe, Seong Weon ^a  

^a Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

^b Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

^c Ministry of Labor   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE; CEMENT;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; INSURANCE; MINERAL DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751643372     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.051334     Document Type: Article

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