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  • Main occupations that involve silicosis:
  • Intensity of Exposure The risk of developing silicosis is closely linked to the accumulated exposure of an individual to crystalline silica during their working lifetime. Exposure can be calculated as follows:
  • Accumulated silica dose = fraction of respirable dust × percentage of free silica in mg/m3 × number of years of exposure.[1]

References

  1. Fernández Álvarez R, Martínez González C, Quero Martínez A, Blanco Pérez JJ, Carazo Fernández L, Prieto Fernández A (2015). "Guidelines for the diagnosis and monitoring of silicosis". Arch Bronconeumol. 51 (2): 86–93. doi:10.1016/j.arbres.2014.07.010. PMID 25479706.

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