Effect of duration of exposure to cement dust on respiratory function of non-smoking cement mill workers

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 390-398

  Meo, Sultan Ayoub ^a,b   Al Drees, Abdul Majeed ^a   Al Masri, Abeer A ^a   Al Rouq, Fawzia ^a   Azeem, Muhammad Abdul ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Dewan Medical College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cement dust; Lung function; Occupational hazards

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CEMENT; DUST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CEMENT DUST; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY VENTILATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84873883108     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10010390     Document Type: Article

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