Asbestos-related disease in banlgadeshi ship breakers: A pilot study

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-153

  Courtice, Midori N ^a,e   Demers, Paul A ^a   Takaro, Tim K ^b   Vedal, Sverre ^c   Ahktar Ahmad, S K ^d   Davies, Hugh W ^a   Siddique, Zakia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d National Institute for Preventive and Social Medicine   (United States)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosrelated disease; Bangladesh; Policy; Ship breaking

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; SHIP;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; BANGLADESH; COUGH; DYSPNEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SHIPS;

EID: 79955117842     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2011.17.2.144     Document Type: Article

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