Highway Repair: A New Silicosis Threat

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 876-880

  Valiante, David J ^a   Schill, Donald P ^a   Rosenman, Kenneth D ^b   Socie, Edward ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

BUILDING INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; REVIEW; SILICOSIS;

EID: 2342438841     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.5.876     Document Type: Review

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