Open AccessAsbestosis: Past voices from the Mumbai factory floor
Author(s) -
Abhijeet V Jadhav,
Nobhojit Roy
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5278.111758
Subject(s) - asbestosis , asbestos , medicine , rehabilitation , population , environmental health , causation , physical therapy , political science , materials science , law , metallurgy
Asbestos's production, processing, and consumption is on very high scale in India and it is increasing, and so do the related diseases. Asbestosis is such a disease which causes progressive respiratory disability.