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From silicosis to silica hazards: An experiment in medicine, history, and the social sciences
Author(s) -
Rosental PaulAndré,
Rosner David,
Blanc Paul D.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.22501
Subject(s) - silicosis , medicine , occupational medicine , environmental health , occupational exposure , family medicine , pathology
This special issue of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine looks back to the International Conference on silicosis that took place in Johannesburg 85 years ago [International Labour Office, 1930]. Held in 1930, this scientific gathering marked a turning point in the medical and economic history of pneumoconiosis. Moreover, this Conference, ground breaking in its own right, also laid the foundation for the International Labour Organization international convention on silicosis that followed four years later in 1934 [International Labour Office, 1934]. (First lines