Exposure to respirable dust and crystalline silica in bricklaying education at Dutch vocational training centers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 628-634

  Huizer, Daan ^a   Spee, Ton ^b   Lumens, Mieke ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apprentices; Bricklaying; Early exposure; Respirable crystalline silica; Respirable dust; Students

Indexed keywords

SILICATE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; DUST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACULTY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SILICATES; STUDENTS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 77952688400     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20823     Document Type: Article

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