Retrospective Assessment of Respirable Quartz Exposure for a Silicosis Study of the Industrial Sand Industry.

Background In 2016, the OSHA PEL for crystalline silica was reduced, renewing interest in evaluating risk of silicosis from occupational exposures. The industrial sand industry, which deals with high-purity quartz sands, is the setting for a current epidemiologic investigation of silicosis risk and...

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Published in:Annals of Work Exposures & Health Vol. 62; no. 8; pp. 1021 - 1033
Main Authors: Rando, Roy J, Kwon, Cheol Woong, Vacek, Pamela M, Glenn, Robert E, Parker, John E
Format: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA 2018
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