Radiographic abnormalities in long-tenure vermont granite workers and the permissible exposure limit for crystalline silica

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 412-417

  Graham, William G B ^a   Vacek, Pamela M ^a   Morgan, W Keith C ^b   Muir, David C F ^c   Sisco Cheng, Beth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035029108     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200104000-00021     Document Type: Article

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