The quartz hazard in the construction industry

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-112

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

^a Med Inst of Environmental Hygiene   (Germany)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Construction; Exposure control; Mixed dust; Quartz

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032832336     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024620     Document Type: Article

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