Determinants of respirable silica exposure in stone countertop fabrication: A preliminary study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 368-373

  Phillips, Margaret L ^a   Johnson, David L ^a   Johnson, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline silica; Determinants of exposure; Granite dust; Task exposure

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUARTZ; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84880085454     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2013.789706     Document Type: Article

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