Quartz exposure in agriculture: Literature review and South African survey

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-292

  Swanepoel, Andrew J ^a   Rees, David ^a,b   Renton, Kevin ^a,b   Swanepoel, Cornelia ^c   Kromhout, Hans ^d   Gardiner, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Quartz; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES; AGRICULTURAL SETTING; AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF GOVERNMENTAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS; CONCENTRATION OF; FARM WORKERS; FREE STATE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; RESPIRABLE DUST; SANDY SOILS; SOUTH AFRICA; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

DUST; FARMS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHARMACODYNAMICS; SAND; SILICA; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

QUARTZ;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDLINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SILICOSIS; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBMED; QUARTZ; RISK FACTORS; SILICOSIS; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

EID: 77950541314     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq003     Document Type: Review

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