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A Case-control study of malignant and non-malignant respiratory disease among employees of a fibreglass manufacturing facility : II exposure assessment
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A Case-control study of malignant and non-malignant respiratory disease among employees of a fibreglass manufacturing facility : II exposure assessment / Leonard Chiazze Jr. ... [et al.]
Sumario: A case-control study of malignant and nonmalignant respiratory disease among employees of the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation's Newark, Ohio plant was undertaken. The aim was to determine the exent to which exposures to substances in the Newark plant environment, to non-workplace factors, or to a combination may play a part in the risk of mortality from respiratory disease among workers in this plant. A historical environmental reconstruction of the plant was undertaken to characterise the exposure profile provided estimates of cumulative exposure to respirable fibres, fine fibres, asbestos, talc, formaldehyde, silica, and asphalt fumes
En: British journal of industrial medicine. - London and Margate. - nº 8, August 1993 ; p. 717-725
1. Medicina laboral ‌. 2. Enfermedades profesionales ‌. 3. Fibra de vidrio ‌. 4. Amianto ‌. 5. Talco ‌. 6. Sílice ‌. 7. Epidemiología ‌. 8. Enfermedades pulmonares ‌. 9. Vías respiratorias ‌. I. Chiazze, Leonard ‌. II. Title. III. Título: British journal of industrial medicine.