Regulation of crystalline silica: Where next?

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-120

  Brown, R C ^a  

^a Toxicology Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminosilicates; Ceramic fibres; Cristobalite; Quartz; Regulation

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032835814     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024621     Document Type: Article

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