Surveillance of work related and occupational respiratory disease--SWORD.
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Occupational respiratory disease in the United Kingdom 1989: a report to the British Thoracic Society and the Society of Occupational Medicine by the SWORD project group.
A voluntary scheme for the surveillance of work related and occupational respiratory disease (SWORD) was established in January 1989 with help from the British Thoracic Society and the Society of Occupational Medicine and support from the Health and Safety Executive. Three hundred and fifty four chest physicians representing 90% of the chest clinics in the United Kingdom and 361 occupational ph...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Thorax
دوره 46 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991