Occupational exposure and lifestyle factors - determinants of lung disease in a copper mining population

E. A. Videler, L. Botha, J. R. Joubert (Tygerberg, Phalaborwa, South Africa)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Asbestos, coal mining and jeans blasting: old and new causes of occupational respiratory disease
Disease area: Airway diseases

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