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Are the respiratory health effects found in manufacturers of ceramic fibres due to the dust rather than the exposure to fibres?

Sherwood Burge, I A Calvert, W N Trethowan, J M Harrington

Occupational and Environmental Medicine · 1995 · 21 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

Current symptoms were related to both current exposure to inspirable dust and respirable fibre. The decrements in lung function were related to the fibre constituent of the exposure.

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W N Trethowan, Sherwood Burge, C. E. Rossiter et al. · Occupational and Environmental Medicine · 1995 · 58 citations · Full text