Quantification of historical dust exposures in the diatomaceous earth industry

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 591-604

  Seixas, Noah S ^a   Heyer, Nicholas J ^a   Welp, Esther A E ^a   Checkoway, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINE DUST;

DIATOMACEOUS EARTH INDUSTRY;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

INFUSORIAL EARTH;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; MINERAL DUST; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CALIFORNIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031260553     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(97)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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