Estimating the quartz exposure of South African gold miners

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 597-607

  Gibbs, G W ^a   Du Toit, R S J ^b  

^a Safety Health Environment International Consultants Corp   (Canada)

^b Marmanet No 45 ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conversions; Exposure; Gold miners; Konimeter; Quartz; Sichel index; Silica; Silicosis; South Africa; Thermal precipitator

Indexed keywords

GOLD MINES; HEALTH RISKS; QUARTZ; DUST; GOLD; SILICA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

QUARTZ EXPOSURE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MINERS;

SILICON DIOXIDE; GOLD;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GOLDMINER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MINER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; DUST; STATISTICS;

DUST; GOLD; HUMANS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUARTZ; SOUTH AFRICA;

CONVERSIONS; EXPOSURE; GOLD MINERS; KONIMETER; SICHEL INDEX; SILICOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; THERMAL PRECIPITATOR;

EID: 0036780288     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mef084     Document Type: Article

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