Synthetic Vitreous Fibers

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• Personal Author:
  Hammad YY ; Truncale T
• Description:
  Man-made mineral fibers are a generic name for a group of silica-based inorganic fibers manufactured from varying concentrations of rock, slag, glass, clay, and processed inorganic oxides. Skin irritation is the common health effect associated with an exposure to man-made vitreous fibers (MMVF). Fiber toxicity is related to three essential factors that are as follows: An exposure to a sufficient dose of respirable fibers with the correct aerodynamic dimensions to allow deposition in the terminal portions of the lung and finally, after inhalation, durability of a fiber that allows it to persist in the lung for long periods of time. The dose and dimension play a key role in a fiber's ability to produce toxic effects in the lung. Exposures to airborne MMVF in both occupational and environmental settings occur as the result of construction, installation, maintenance/repair, physical damage, by degradation, or as MMVF are released to environment over time. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Environment Environmental Exposure Fibrosis Glass Lung Lung Diseases Men Morbidity Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Cancer Coal Mines Environmental Factors Exposure Levels Glass Manufacturing Industry Glass Workers Humans Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Inhalation Lung Disease Lung Fibrosis Metal Mining Morbidity Rates Mortality Rates Pneumoconiosis Respiratory System Disorders Risk Factors Work Environment Workers

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• ISBN:
  9780470929735
• Publisher:
  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062912
• Citation:
  Hamilton & Hardy's industrial toxicology. Harbison RD, Bourgeois MM, Johnson GT, eds. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2015 Mar; :959-968
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Editor(s):
  Harbison RD; Bourgeois MM; Johnson GT
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Hamilton & Hardy's industrial toxicology
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bd9984420d36db81c3c1a61f796ab5661ab058e7fc2763fdad73322d52a0eef1d78677861aa4c297ca031143c1e65e4a9cc7418bb672b99af0069cc2ff749962
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226082/cdc_226082_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 119.84 KB ]