| Document ID (ISN) | 104527 |
| CIS number |
06-100 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
SST - Santé et Sécurité au Travail |
| Year |
2005 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Hidri A. |
| Title |
Exposure to the risk of silicosis |
| Original title |
Exposition au risque de la silicose [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr. 2005, No.33, p.30-31. Illus. |
| Abstract |
Silicosis is an occupational disease caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust. It can be characterized as an irreversible pulmonary fibrosis. Contents of this article on risk factors of silicosis: definition; activities involving exposure to crystalline silica (mining, quarrying, stone-dressing and polishing, foundry work, abrasives industry, ceramics industry, glass industry); entry routes of silica into the body; health effects; medical supervision; threshold limit values; preventive measures (local exhaust, wet work); standards; training and information of workers. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
dust control; risk factors; silicosis; silica |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
threshold limit values; local exhaust; routes of entry; Tunisia; information of personnel; health hazards; determination in air; medical supervision; respirable dust |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Tunisia |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Pneumoconioses
|
