Hazardous particulates.

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• Personal Author:
  Weidner RB
• Description:
  The physical characteristics of particle size, diffusion, deposition and retention that affect the physiology and pathology of occupational pneumoconioses in human workers exposed to hazardous dusts are outlined. Mechanisms in the deposition of particulate matter in the respiratory tract include gravitational settling, diffusion or Brownian motion and inertial impaction. The pneumoconioses discussed include silicosis, asbestosis, byssinosis, bagassosis and berylliosis, and other dust-caused diseases discussed include systemic reaction, metal fume fever, irritation of the nose and throat, allergic reactions, radioactive damage and carcinogenic damage. The concepts of threshold limit value and dose response relationships are defined.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Airborne-particles Airborne-particulates Cancer Contract-210-75-0033 Dosage Exposure-limits Lung-disorders Lung-fibrosis NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Contract Physical-properties Physiological-mechanisms Radiation Respiratory-system-disorders

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  209-219
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00056259
• Citation:
  Occupational health and safety symposia. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-136, 1976 Feb; :209-219
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:082f6c2f2784cc64437f40aee79f99ca3f6e9256b838354b1028595cc8268b89b042979e3c15d4f214a39ba0f62c341a0b8eaabf5db6f811364c5d974e3991f6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178751/cdc_178751_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 208.29 KB ]