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Dust Measurements in the Chrysotile Mining and Milling Operations of Uralasbest Company, Asbest, Russia: Summary Report (1996)

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Summary of dust surveys at the Uralasbest chrysotile mine and mills in Asbest, Russia, from a Russian, American and Finnish program on the health of Siberian asbestos miners (the Moscow Institute of Occupational Health, the Ekaterinburg Medical Research Center, NIOSH and the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health). Fiber levels averaged 0.08 f/cm3 in the quarry, 3.62 f/cm3 in Plant No. 4 and 0.63 f/cm3 in Plant No. 6 by phase-contrast microscopy, with total dust of 0.52, 2.33 and 0.83 mg/m3. All fibers identified were chrysotile; no amphiboles were found. The results are set against Russian, European Union and US limits. Catalogue record only.

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Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Date
1996

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“Dust Measurements in the Chrysotile Mining and Milling Operations of Uralasbest Company, Asbest, Russia: Summary Report.” 1996. Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/reports/dust-measurements-in-the-chrysotile-mining-and-milling-operations-of-uralasbest-1996.

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