Respirable crystalline silica exposures among stone workers in Ireland

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1565 STP, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-53

  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 Health and Safety Unit Irish Commissioners for Public Works   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Questionnaire; Respirable crystalline silica; Stone workers

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DESIGN; DUST; RESTORATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SILICA; SURVEYS; TOOLS;

CRYSTALLINE SILICA; EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STONE WORKERS; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 84896949546     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/STP156520120219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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