Occupational exposure to crystalline silica: Estimating the number of workers potentially at high risk in Italy

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 941-949

  Scarselli, Alberto ^a   Binazzi, Alessandra ^a   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^a  

^a ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exposed workers; Overexposure; Risk; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DUST; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SILICOSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149097497     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20619     Document Type: Article

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