Silica exposure and silicosis among Ontario hardrock miners: III. Analysis and risk estimates |
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| Authors: | D C Muir J A Julian H S Shannon D K Verma A Sebestyen C D Bernholz |
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| Affiliation: | Occupational Health Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. |
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| Abstract: | An epidemiological investigation was undertaken to determine the relationship between silicosis in hardrock miners in Ontario and cumulative exposure to silica (free crystalline silica--alpha quartz) dust. This report describes the analytic method and presents the risk estimates. |
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| Keywords: | silica konimeter dose-response respirable dust pneumoconiosis |
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