Association between cumulative fiber exposure and respiratory outcomes among Libby vermiculite workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-63

  Larson, Theodore C ^a   Antao, Vinicius C ^a   Bove, Frank J ^a   Cusack, Caroline ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VERMICULITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHLEGMON; PLEURA THICKENING; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855804301     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31823c141c     Document Type: Article

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