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Document ID (ISN)72785
CIS number 99-483
ISBN(s) 0-444-82791-9
Year 1998
Convention or series no. Excerpta Medica International Congress Series 1153
Author(s) Chiyotani K., Hosoda Y., Aizawa Y.
Title Advances in the prevention of occupational respiratory diseases
Bibliographic information Elsevier Science B.V., P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1998. xxviii, 1236p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Index.
Abstract Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Occupational Respiratory Diseases held in Kyoto, Japan, 13-16 October 1997. Topics: aetiology; allergic respiratory disorders; asbestosis; asthma; byssinosis; carcinogenic effects; asbestos; chest radiography; coal mining; conference; construction industry; diagnosis; dose-response relationship; dust control; dust measurement; epidemiological aspects; information of personnel; lung cancer; medical supervision; medical treatment; occupation disease relation; organic dust; pathogenesis; pathology; pleural mesothelioma; pneumoconiosis; pulmonary function; radiological classifications; respirable dust; respirators; respiratory diseases; silicosis.
Descriptors (primary) epidemiological aspects; medical supervision; respirable dust; respiratory diseases
Descriptors (secondary) dust control; pathogenesis; asbestos; pathology; aetiology; byssinosis; occupation disease relation; asthma; pleural mesothelioma; lung cancer; pneumoconiosis; asbestosis; organic dust; silicosis; diagnosis; pulmonary function; construction industry; respirators; dust measurement; dose-response relationship; carcinogenic effects; medical treatment; conference; coal mining; chest radiography; radiological classifications; information of personnel; allergic respiratory disorders; silica
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceJapan
Subject(s) Generalities
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)