Effects of non-mining occupational silica exposure on proportional mortality from silicosis and systemic sclerosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2179-2185

  Walsh, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Occupational Diseases; Scleroderma; Silicosis; Systemic

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS;

EID: 0032851437     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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