Criteria for conducting quantitative risk assessments for silica

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 367-375

  Goldsmith, David F ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative extrapolations; Risk assessment criteria; Silica dust

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; META-ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030798852     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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