Exposure-response of silicosis mortality in Swedish iron ore miners

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-7

  Hedlund, Ulf ^a   Jonsson, Håkan ^a   Eriksson, Kåre ^a   Järvholm, Bengt ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fibrosis; Mining; Occupation; Quartz

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; IRON MINES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUARTZ; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; EMPLOYMENT; IRON ORES; MINERS; MINING;

RESPIRABLE QUARTZ; SILICOSIS MORTALITY;

IRON ORES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

IRON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICOSIS; SWEDEN;

CAUSES OF DEATH; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; EXPOSURE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; FIBROSIS; MEASUREMENTS OF; OCCUPATION; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POISSON REGRESSION;

EID: 38349085615     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem057     Document Type: Article

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