Evaluation of dry and wet block cutting and recommendation for a masonry company

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-150

  Yereb, Daniel J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DUST CONTROL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MASK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; VENTILATION; WATER;

EID: 0037336208     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301359     Document Type: Article

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