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QD84.0 category

Occupational exposure to dust

Definition

Occupational exposure to dust is exposure to dust during work, at the work location, or from the work location. The primary route of exposure is inhalation. Dusts are technically defined as dry particle aerosols produced by mechanical processes such as breaking, grinding, and pulverizing. Dusts may be of biological or nonbiological origin.

Also indexed as

Occupational exposure to dustexposure to occupational dust contaminants

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