Risk of silicosis in cohorts of Chinese tin and tungsten miners and pottery workers (II): Workplace-specific silica particle surface composition

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-15

  Harrison, J ^a   Chen, J Q ^b   Miller, W ^a   Chen, W ^b   Hnizdo, E ^a   Lu, J ^b   Chisholm, W ^a   Keane, M ^a   Gao, P ^a   Wallace, William ^a  

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

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Mining; Particle surface; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUST; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MINER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

CERAMICS; CHINA; DUST; HUMANS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; TIN; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 22244435222     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20175     Document Type: Article

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