OSHA compliance issues: Overexposure to crystalline silica in a foundry operation

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-21

  Irwin, Angela ^a  

^a United States Department of Labor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

DUST EXPOSURE; FOUNDRY; MACHINE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES; WELDING;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WELDING;

EID: 0037215614     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301395     Document Type: Review

References (6)

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