A longitudinal study on lung disease in dental technicians: What has changed after seven years?

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 693-701

  Dogan, Derya Özdemir ^a   Berk, Serdar ^a   Gumus, Cesur ^a   Ozdemir, Ali Kemal ^a   Akkurt, Ibrahim ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dental laboratory technicians; Occupational respiratory diseases; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

DENTAL MATERIAL;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTISTRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SMOKING; TURKEY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; DENTISTRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; TURKEY;

EID: 84893492702     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13382-013-0140-0     Document Type: Article

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