Silica exposure assessment in a mortality study of vermont granite workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-79

  Verma, Dave K ^a   Vacek, Pamela M ^b   Des Tombe, Karen ^a   Finkelstein, Murray ^a   Branch, Barbara ^b   Gibbs, Graham W ^c,d   Graham, William G ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Safety Health Environment International Consultants Corp   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

gravimetric concentration; impinger counts; job exposure matrix; respirable dust; respirable free silica ( quartz); retrospective exposure elements

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DUST; GRANITE; HUMAN; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORK;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON DIOXIDE; VERMONT;

EID: 78651380187     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.543409     Document Type: Article

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