Determining pulmonary function and the associated risk factors among stone quarry workers in a suburban area of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

BACKGROUND: Stone quarrying activities generate dust and fine particulate matters of silica and heavy metals. The prolonged exposure to suspended particulates leads to fatal respiratory complications. Occupational pulmonary complications are poorly characterized among quarry workers in Tamil Nadu. O...

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Autores principales: Arumugam, Elangovan, Rajkumar, Prabu, Dhanaraj, Baskaran, Govindasamy, Elavarasu, Jaganathasamy, Nagaraj, Mathiyazhakan, Malathi, Nethaji Mariappan, V E, Shanmugam, Sivakumar, Durairajan, Chokkalingam, Rajadurai, Sivanesan, Joshua, Vasna, Jayaraman, Yuvaraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34747739
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_63_21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34747739
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_63_21

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