Occupational diseases in Poland - An overview of current trends

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 457-470

  Szeszenia Dąbrowska, Neonila ^a   Wilczyńska, Urszula ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Asthma; Cancer; Occupational poisoning; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ASTHMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; LARYNX DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLAND; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ASBESTOSIS; ASTHMA; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POISONING; POLAND;

EID: 84878147101     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13382-013-0119-x     Document Type: Article

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