Silicosis mortality trends and new exposures to respirable crystalline silica—United States, 2001–2010

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 117-120

  Bang, Ki Moon ^a   Mazurek, Jacek M ^a   Wood, John M ^a   White, Gretchen E ^a   Hendricks, Scott A ^a   Weston, Ainsley ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX RATIO; SILICOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DUST; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924292443     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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