Assessing exposure to crystalline silica from farm work: A population-based study in the southeastern United States

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-392

  Parks, Christine G ^a   Cooper, Glinda S ^a   Nylander French, Leena A ^b   Storm, Julia F ^c   Archer, John D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural Workers; Carolina Lupus Study; CLU; Dust; Occupational Exposure; Quartz; Silica

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038121668     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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