Disastrous silicosis ²epidemia² among young stone carvers in Tkout (east-Algeria)

A. Hamizi, C. Donnay, J. F. Dessanges, S. Nafti (Batna, Algiers, Algeria; Paris, France)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Inorganic dust exposure and the lung
Session: Inorganic dust exposure and the lung
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 4469

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