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Health risks of exposure to dust at work


Authors: Sglunda Ondřej
Authors‘ workplace: Student Univerzity Karlovy v Praze, 3. lékařské fakulty
Published in: Pracov. Lék., 65, 2013, No. 3-4, s. 134-141.
Category: Review article

Overview

This review article summarizes the up to date available data about the diseases in causal association with exposure to dust. Collagen pneumoconiosis diseases are dealt with in more detail in view of their serious complications.

Keywords:
exposure to dust – complications in pneumoconiosis – interstitial lung diseases – silicosis and coal miner pneumoconiosis – asbestosis – malignancies


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