Worker exposure to nickel-containing aerosol in two electroplating shops: Comparison between inhalable and total aerosol

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 484-492

  Tsai, P J ^b   Werner, M A ^a   Vincent, J H ^a   Maldonado, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; ELECTROLYTE; NICKEL; NICKEL CHLORIDE; NICKEL SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKER;

EID: 0030006387     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1996.10389360     Document Type: Article

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