The effects of low quartz mass loading and spatial variability on the quartz analysis of surface coal mine dust samples

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 910-923

  Page, Steven J ^a   Organiscak, John A ^a   Mal, Thomas ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Drilling; Quartz; Surface Mining

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; DRILL; DUST EXPOSURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034848250     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220120860     Document Type: Article

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