Occupational exposure to dust in quartz manufacturing industry

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-273

  Fulekar, M H ^a,b  

^a Central Labour Institute   (India)

^b Sector 1 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

India; Quarrying; Quartz; Silica

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DUST CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS; MANUFACTURE; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICA;

AIRBORNE TOTAL DUST; INDIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUARTZ MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; DUST; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033013578     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(99)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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