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Silica exposure and silicosis among ontario hardrock miners: III. Analysis and risk estimates
Author(s) -
Muir D. C. F.,
Julian J. A.,
Shan H. S.,
Verma D. K.,
Sebestyen A.,
Bernholz C. D.
Publication year - 1989
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.4700160105
Subject(s) - silicosis , medicine , epidemiology , environmental health , pathology
An epidemiological investigation was undertaken to determine the relationship between silicosis in hardrock miners in Ontario and cumulative exposure to silica (free crystalline silica–‐α quartz) dust. This report describes the analytic method and presents the risk estimates.