Pollution and its control in asbestos milling processes in India

Industrial Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-43

  Mukherjee, Ashit Kumar ^a,c   Rajmohan, Raghavendra Rao ^a   Dave, Sudhir Kanhaiyalal ^b   Rajan, Bagalur Krishnamurthy ^a   Kakde, Yeshwanth ^a   Rao, Srinivasapura Raghavendra ^a  

^a Regional Occupational Health Centre   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

^c Regional Occupational Health Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Chrysotile asbestos; Control device; Fiber level; Milling operation

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION;

EID: 0030051479     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.34.35     Document Type: Article

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