Sangyo Igaku
Volume 27, Issue 5, 1984, Pages 328-337

Mortality of silicosis patients among migrant workers (Article) (Open Access)

Nakagawa H. , Okumura Y. , Tsujikawa K. , Kawano S.
  • a Department of Public Health, Kanazawa Medical University, Japan, Toyama Health Center, Toyama Prefecture, Japan
  • b Department of Public Health, Kanazawa Medical University, Japan
  • c Department of Public Health, Kanazawa Medical University, Japan
  • d Department of Public Health, Kanazawa Medical University, Japan

Abstract

Migrant workers known in Japanese as “dekasegi “refer to workers who migrate seasonally from their town of residence to areas where work is readily available. © 1985, Japan Society for Occupational Health. All rights reserved.

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Index Keywords

mass screening Cerebrovascular Disorders Neoplasms human epidemiology middle aged silicosis Aged geographic distribution migrant worker Humans cardiovascular disease lung tuberculosis Japan Tuberculosis, Pulmonary clinical article diagnosis adult pneumoconiosis normal human Respiratory System Transients and Migrants cardiovascular system mortality etiology
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0022236884&doi=10.1539%2fjoh1959.27.328&partnerID=40&md5=b626c935ec14fd32f68f5824881dbb1f
DOI: 10.1539/joh1959.27.328
ISSN: 00471879
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English