Application of Multiple Occupational Health Risk Assessment Models for Crystalline Silica Dust among Stone Carvers.

Somayeh RahimimoghadamAli GanjaliNarges KhanjaniMohammad NormohammadiSaeed Yari

Published in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP (2023)

The mortality rate due to silicosis was between 3 and 12 people per thousand, and due to lung cancer was 150.24 people per thousand. Based on the results of risk assessment, serious control measures should be implemented in order to reduce workers' exposure to silica.

Keyphrases

health risk assessment
heavy metals
risk assessment
drinking water
human health
health risk
cardiovascular events
risk factors
climate change