ASIA-OSH: Asian-Pacific Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety

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Asian-Pacific Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety

Mineral dusts and prevention of silicosis, vol 4, no.2, September 1997

Asian-Pacific Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety is published by the Finnish
Institue of Occupational Health (FIOH). The copyright is held both by the ILO and FIOH.

Contents

	Editorial; S.K. Saxena
	Pneumoconiosis prevention programme in Viet Nam; Le Van Trung, Nguyen Thi Hong Tu, Scott Barnhart
	Global Elimination of silicosis--the ILO/WHO international programme; Igor A. Fedotov
	Prevention of silica dust hazards; Erkki Kahkonen, Nancy Beaudet
	ILO News
	Eradication of the silicosis problem in Singapore; Lee Hock Siang
	Country News
	Pneumoconiosis in China: Current situation and countermeasures; Zou Changqi, Gao Yun, Ma Qingyan
	Exploration of the ILO/WHO global strategy on the elimination of silicosis; Hua Fu, You-xin Liang, Pei-lian Lu Xue-qi Gu
	Towards elimination of silicosis in Thailand; Wilawan Juengprasert
	Clinical cases of silicosis in Thailand; P. Youngchaiyud, A Nana

Updated by PAP/SUT/TRS. Approved by BKL. Last updated on 12 February 2001