Health effects of Hevea brasiliensis wood dust exposure among furniture factory workers

• Main Authors: Yusof, Muhammad Zubir, Hod, Rozita, Noor Aizuddin, Azimatun, Samsuddin, Niza
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Light House Polyclinic (Índia) 2019
• Subjects: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/77761/1/Health%20effects%20of%20Hevea%20Brasiliensis.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/77761/7/Scopus%20-%20health%20effects.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/77761/; https://www.ojhas.org/

Abstract: Background: Potential health impacts resulting from wood dust exposure among workers in the furniture factories have been reported in many studies. However, most of the studies focused on pine, beech, teak, oak and red western cedar. Studies on the health effects due to rubber wood (Hev...