Respiratory diseases in agate grinding workers in Iran

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 130-136

  Rafeemanesh, Ehsan ^a   Majdi, M R ^a   Ehteshamfar, S M ^a   Fahoul, M J ^a   Sadeghian, Z ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dust; Environmental pollution; Respiratory disorders; Silicon dioxide; Silicosis; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGATE GRINDING; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SILICOSIS; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904402097     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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