TY - JOUR T1 - APHA members play key role in Association advocacy: Leaders, member groups weigh in on silica, dietary guides JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 5 LP - 5 VL - 44 IS - 7 AU - Natalie McGill Y1 - 2014/09/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/44/7/5.1.abstract N2 - When the Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed regulations in 2013 on reducing worker exposure to silica dust — a risk factor for respiratory illnesses and lung cancer — APHA was already one step ahead in issuing recommendations on how to make them even better. ER -