Tentative explanatory variable of lung dust concentration in gold miners exposed to crystalline silica

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 375-398

  Dufresne, A ^a   Loosereewanich, P ^b   Begin R ^c   Dion, C ^d   Ecobichon, D ^a   Muir, D C F ^e   Ritchie, A C ^e   Perrault, G ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d Inst Rech S et Secty du Travail   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLAY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST EXPOSURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG; LUNG BURDEN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINER; MINERAL DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SILICOSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AGED; GOLD; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONTARIO; QUARTZ; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031927066     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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