Health risk assessment and development of intervention programme in cottage industries with high risk of silicosis : A study among slate pencil workers of Mandsaur
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Pneumoconiosis resulting from exposure to free silica may be the commonest, best known and most extensively studied of all occupational diseases of lung. The silicosis problem is much more severe in the small and cottage type of industry where not only it is considered as an occupational health problem but also because of the location of these units in the residential areas it poses threat to the community in the vicinity.
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