Pneumoconiosis from Agricultural Dust Exposure among Young California Farmworkers

BACKGROUND: Agricultural workers are exposed to airborne pollutants, including organic and inorganic (mineral) dusts. OBJECTIVES: Lung autopsy specimens from consecutive coroner’s cases of Hispanic males in Fresno County, California, (n = 112) were obtained to determine whether mineral dust exposure...

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Autores principales: Schenker, Marc B., Pinkerton, Kent E., Mitchell, Diane, Vallyathan, Val, Elvine-Kreis, Brenda, Green, Francis H.Y.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19590695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0800144

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