Silica exposure during granite countertop fabrication

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 577-582

  Tharr, Dawn ^b   Simcox, Nancy J ^a   Camp, Janice ^a   Lofgren, Don ^b   Leons, Jeff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Health and Compliance ^*

^c Department of Labor and Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DUST CONTROL; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SILICOSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; VENTILATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 6544291103     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299302350     Document Type: Article

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