Serial evaluations at an indium-tin oxide production facility

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 300-307

  Cummings, Kristin J ^a   Suarthana, Eva ^a,b   Edwards, Nicole ^a   Liang, Xiaoming ^a   Stanton, Marcia L ^a   Day, Gregory A ^a   Saito, Rena ^a   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Indium; Indium tin oxide; Interstitial lung disease; Occupational illness; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INDIUM; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EVALUATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INDIUM; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84874108033     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22125     Document Type: Article

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