title: Response to: An attempt to estimate an exposure threshold is not a scientific exercise-example of silicosis from exposure to quartz dust.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Occupational Epidemiology and Risk Assessment of Evonik Industries AG, Essen, Germany ENVIRON International Corporation Amherst, MA Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (IPA), Germany Verwaltungs-Berufsgenossenschaft Würzburg, Germany Verwaltungs-Berufsgenossenschaft Würzburg, Germany Institute of Occupational Medicine Edinburgh, Scotland.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morfeld
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mundt
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taeger
authors.forename: Karlheinz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guldner
authors.forename: Othmar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Steinig
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000633:toxicity*; D004391:Dust; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011791:Quartz / Q000633:toxicity*; D012829:Silicosis / Q000209:etiology*; D020711:Threshold Limit Values
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D004391:Dust; D011791:Quartz