Long-term exposure to silica dust and risk of total and cause-specific mortality in Chinese workers: A cohort study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Weihong ^a   Liu, Yuewei ^a   Wang, Haijiao ^a   Hnizdo, Eva ^b   Sun, Yi ^c   Su, Liangping ^d   Zhang, Xiaokang ^e   Weng, Shaofan ^a   Bochmann, Frank ^c   Hearl, Frank J ^b   Chen, Jingqiong ^a   Wu, Tangchun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^d WUHAN IRON AND STEEL GROUP CORPORATION   (China)

^e Jingdezhen Health Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MINER; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; DUST; EXPOSURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; INDUSTRY; MINING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MINING; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84860141101     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001206     Document Type: Article

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