Industry and job-specific mortality after occupational exposure to silica dust

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 422-429

  Scarselli, A ^a   Binazzi, A ^a   Forastiere, F ^b   Cavariani, F ^c   Marinaccio, A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

^b Department of Epidemiology   (Italy)

^c Laboratory of Industrial Hygiene   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Exposure risk; Male; Occupational mortality; Silica dust; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052956654     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr060     Document Type: Article

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