Six cases of silicosis: Implications for health surveillance of stonemasons

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 220-225

  Nicol, L M ^a,b   McFarlane, P A ^a,b   Hirani, N ^a,b   Reid, P T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health surveillance; Occupational health care delivery; Occupational respiratory disease; Pneumoconioses; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SILICOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICOSIS;

EID: 84926647901     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqu209     Document Type: Article

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