Risk assessment of silicosis and lung cancer among construction workers exposed to respirable quartz

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 49-56

  Nij, Evelyn Tjoe ^a,b   Heederik, Dick ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Lung cancer; Quartz exposure; Risk assessment; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

CANCER; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUARTZ;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUARTZ; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICOSIS;

EID: 29444450107     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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