Determinants of respirable crystalline silica exposure among stoneworkers involved in stone restoration work

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-18

  Healy, Catherine B ^a   Coggins, Marie A ^a   Van Tongeren, Martie ^b   Maccalman, Laura ^b   McGowan, Padraic ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Irish Commissioners for Public Works   (Ireland)

Author keywords

determinants of exposure; exposure assessment; silica exposure

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; DETERMINANTS OF EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES; TRADITIONAL MATERIALS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DUST; GRINDING (MACHINING); MAINTENANCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PHARMACODYNAMICS; RESTORATION; SILICA;

SANDSTONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BUILDING MATERIAL; DUST; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84893139755     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/met045     Document Type: Article

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