Health effects of mineral dusts other than asbestos

Conference · Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:47852

Ross, M ^[1]; Nolan, R P; Langer, A M ^[2]; Cooper, W C

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1. Geological Survey, Reston, VA (United States)
2. Brooklyn College, NY (United States)

This article reviews the health effects from occupational exposure to mineral dusts. Citations include those providing both clinical evidence of disease and support by epidemiological data. In many instances these associations have been studied experimentally to establish the etiological agents. The health effects of the following mineral and rock dusts will be reviewed: the three polymorphs of silica (quartz, cristobalite, and tridymite); coal; sepiolite; palygorskite; kaolinite; talc; vermiculite;non-figrous amphiboles; mica; chlorite; erionite; wollastonite; fuller`s earth. 200 refs., 4 figs., 13 tabs.

• Research Organization: Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 47852
• Report Number(s): CONF-9310406-Vol.28; ON: TI95128825; TRN: 95:002195-0012
• Resource Relation: Conference: Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) conference on health effects of mineral dusts, Nantucket Island, MA (United States), 22-24 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Health effects of mineral dusts, Volume 28: Proceedings; Guthrie, G.D. Jr. [ed.] [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)]; Mossman, B.T. [ed.] [Vermont Univ., Burlington, VT (United States). Dept. of Pathology]; PB: 584 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
DUSTS
HEALTH HAZARDS
MINERALS
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
COAL
CRISTOBALITE
KAOLINITE
MICA
QUARTZ
SEPIOLITE
SILICA
TALC
VERMICULITE