Silica exposure and silicosis among ontario hardrock miners: III. Analysis and risk estimates

D. C. F. Muir, JoAnne Julian, Harry S. Shannon, D. K. Verma, A. Sebestyen, Charles D. Bernholz

American Journal of Industrial Medicine · 1989 · 68 citations · 21 references

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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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