Respiratory Health and Urinary Trace Metals among Artisanal Stone-crushers: a Cross-sectional Study in Lubumbashi, DR Congo

T. Kayembe (Lubumbashi), P. Katoto Chimusa (Bukavu), P. Musa Obadia (Lubumbashi), G. Kalenga Ilunga (Lubumbashi), C. Katshiez Nawej (Kolwezi), T. Nawrot (Leuven, Belgium), S. Mbuyi-Musanzayi (Lubumbashi), V. Haufroid (Brussels, Belgium), C. Banza Lubaba Nkulu (Lubumbashi), B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Environment, work and respiratory health in occupational and environmental lung diseases
Disease area: Airway diseases

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