Prevalence of silicosis in a marble factory after exposure to quartz conglomerates;Prevalencia de silicosis en una marmolería tras la exposición a conglomerados de cuarzo

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-51

  Pascual, Silvia ^a   Urrutia, Isabel ^a   Ballaz, Aitor ^a   Arrizubieta, Itziar ^a   Altube, Lander ^a   Salinas, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Marble factory; Occupational disease; Quartz; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; MARBLE FACTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SILICOSIS; ADULT; DISEASE COURSE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUARTZ; SILICOSIS;

EID: 78751701411     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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