Noncancer inhalation toxicology of crystalline silica: Exposure-response assessment

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-358

  Gift, Jeffrey S ^a,c   Faust, Rosmarie A ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient levels; Benchmark dose assessment; Exposure response assessment; Quartz; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICOSIS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; QUARTZ; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030859010     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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