Cancer risk assessment for crystalline silica

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-365

  Collins, James F ^a,b   Marty, Melanie A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Off Environ Hlth Hazard Assess   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Crystalline silica; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0030814094     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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