The reawakening of national concern about silicosis

Public Health Reports

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 302-311

  Markowitz, Gerald ^b   Rosner, David ^a  

^a Columbia School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; COAL MINING; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILICOSIS;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031879698     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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