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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding respirable silica exposure and personal protective equipment use among brick kiln workers in Nepal
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  • Chelsea Gaviola Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Laura Nicolaou Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Center for Global Non-Communicable Disease Research and Training, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Arun K Sharma Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ram Chandyo Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Parker University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Laxman Shrestha Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Santa K Das Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gurumurthy Ramachandran Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Steven M Thygerson Department of Public Health, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Laura Beres Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William Checkley Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Center for Global Non-Communicable Disease Research and Training, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr William Checkley, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; wcheckl1{at}jhmi.edu
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Gaviola C, Nicolaou L, Sharma AK, et al
Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding respirable silica exposure and personal protective equipment use among brick kiln workers in Nepal
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2024;81:287-295.

Publication history

  • Received March 19, 2024
  • Accepted June 17, 2024
  • First published July 2, 2024.
Online issue publication 
July 10, 2024

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