The risk of asbestos exposure in South African diamond mine workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 569-577

  Nelson, Gill ^a,b   Murray, Jill ^a,b   Phillips, James Ian ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

asbestiform; autopsy; lung fibre burden; naturally occurring asbestos; PATHAUT

Indexed keywords

ASBESTIFORM; AUTOPSY; LUNG FIBRE BURDEN; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PATHAUT;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS DEPOSITS; ASBESTOS MINES; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DEPOSITS; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; DIAMONDS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FIBERS; HEALTH RISKS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERPENTINE; TAILINGS;

DIAMOND MINES;

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; DIAMOND; FERROACTINOLITE; MINERAL FIBER; TALC; TREMOLITE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOPSY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; METABOLISM; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOPSY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DIAMOND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MINERAL FIBERS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTH AFRICA; TALC; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 79960341967     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer028     Document Type: Review

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