Respiratory health effects in relation to crystalline silica

2.1 Abstract 32.2 Introduction 42.3 Materials and Methods2.3.1 Data source 42.3.2 Reliability coefficient G - statistical background 52.3.3 Method of estimation of the reliability coefficient fromthe screening programme 62.3.4 Method of statistical analysis 62.4 Results 72.5 Discussion 82.6 References 102.7 Appendix A 12Tables and figures 13

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