Silica

Epidemiology of Work Related Diseases: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 123-148

  Shy, Carl ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cristobalite; Lung parenchyma; Silica; Silicon dioxide; Tridymite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949819074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470695005.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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