Occupational health assessment of chromite toxicity among Indian miners

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-13

  Das, Alok Prasad ^a   Singh, Shikha ^a  

^a SIKSHA O ANUSANDHAN DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; chromite mining; occupational health; safety assessment

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM;

APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTAMINATION; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDIAN; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; POLLUTION CONTROL; REVIEW; TOXIC WASTE; WHEEZING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79960921455     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: 19983670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.82998     Document Type: Review

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