Dust exposure and respiratory symptoms among cement factory workers in the United Arab Emirates

Industrial Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-222

  Ahmed, Hafiz Omer ^a   Abdullah, Abdelridha A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cement dust; Cumulative total dust; Respiratory protection equipment; Respiratory symptoms; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; GAS MASK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84863490277     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1320     Document Type: Article

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