Crystalline silica exposure and major health effects in Western Australian gold miners

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-3

  De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a   Ambrosini, Gina L ^a   Musk, A William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

autoimmune diseases; exposure response; lung cancer; Silica

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; GOLD; MINERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CRYSTALLINE SILICA; EXPOSURE ESTIMATES; EXPOSURE RESPONSE; HEALTH EFFECTS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CANCER MORTALITY; PROPENSITY SCORE;

SILICA;

EID: 0037734698     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/46.suppl-1.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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