Incidence of silicosis in flourmill workers

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 104-108

  Athavale, Amita ^a   Iyer, Aparna ^a   Sahoo, Debasis ^a   Salgia, Kapil ^a   Raut, Abhijit ^a   Kanodra, Neeti ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Flour mill; respiratory morbidity; silica grinding stone; silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FLOUR; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; SILICOSIS; SOCIOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING; WORKER;

EID: 84857818150     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: 19983670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.93199     Document Type: Article

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