Adverse health outcomes in residents exposed to cement dust

Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 239-244

  Cha, Kyung Tae ^b   Oh, Sung Soo ^a   Yoon, Jin Ha ^a   Lee, Ki Hyun ^a   Kim, Sung Kyung ^a   Cha, Bong Suk ^a   Kim, Sang Ha ^a   Eom, Ae Young ^c   Koh, Sang Baek ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^c Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cement dust; Health; Heavy metal toxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CEMENT; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; ZINC;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 84858762731     PISSN: 20059752     EISSN: 22337784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13530-011-0101-6     Document Type: Article

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