Silicosis in denim sandblasters

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1300-1304

  Bakan, Nur Dilek ^a   Özkan, Gülcihan ^a   Ca̧msari, Gun̈gor̈ ^a   Gur̈, Aygun̈ ^a   Bayram, Mehmet ^a   Aci̧Kmesȩ, Bariş ^a   Cȩtinkaya, Erdogǎn ^a  

^a Yedikule Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SILICOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER;

EID: 81055130023     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1856     Document Type: Article

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