Change in the world of occupational health: Silica control, then and now

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-202

  Rosenberg, Beth ^a   Levenstein, Charles ^b   Spangler, Eve ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dust control; Intervention; Silica; Silicosis; Social change

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DUST CONTROL; DUST EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SILICOSIS; SOCIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DUST; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MASSACHUSETTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SILICOSIS; VERMONT;

EID: 21044437848     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200019     Document Type: Article

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