The quartz hazard: A variable entity

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 287-294

  Donaldson, Ken ^a   Borm, Paul J A ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH HAZARDS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

CARCINOGENECITY; QUARTZ HAZARD;

QUARTZ;

CARCINOGEN; FREE RADICAL; MINERAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DUST; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUARTZ; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032124337     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(98)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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