Pulmonary problems among quarry workers of stone crushing industrial site at Umuoghara, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 178-185

  Nwibo, A N ^a   Ugwuja, E I ^a   Nwambeke, N O ^b   Emelumadu, O F ^b   Ogbonnaya, L U ^a  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure; Respiratory; Respiratory function test; Signs and symptoms; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MINING; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866503254     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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