Silicosis in Dental Supply Factory Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Borczuk A ; de la Hoz RE ; Rosenman, Kenneth D.
• Description:
  Dental products contain a variety of potentially hazardous materials, including metals, organic chemical compounds, plastics, and inorganic mineral dusts. The risk of silicosis has been documented for workers of dental laboratories, but not dental supply factories, where the exposures could be expected to be higher. We report in this article five cases of silicosis, four of them with progressive massive fibrosis, in workers from two dental supply factories. This report underlines the need for effective occupational health programs in this type of industrial facilities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dental Equipment Dental Offices Epidemiology Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Diseases Dental-laboratories Dental Materials Dentistry Dentists Hazardous Substances Humans Industrial-hygiene Occupational-exposure Occupational Lung Diseases Pulmonary-system-disorders Risk-analysis Silica-dusts Silicosis Surveillance-programs

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• ISSN:
  0954-6111
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  98
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030143
• Citation:
  Respir Med 2004 Aug; 98(8):791-794
• Contact Point Address:
  Rafael E. de la Hoz, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
• Email:
  rafael.delahoz@mssm.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Department of Consumer & Industry Service, Michigan Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19870930
• Source Full Name:
  Respiratory Medicine
• End Date:
  19980929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8b70c26a43bf2a0c3570264f0b51d1d2fdb5eb015c461cde0152e82f2ee5394c64831b2505d9558ed79d92f0ee67176c99ffeac7ebbb7332d65d0bf1b2fc6b4b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190955/cdc_190955_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 190.57 KB ]