Occupational exposure to carbon black in its manufacture: Data from 1987 to 1992

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-77

  Gardiner, K ^a   Calvert, I A ^a   Van Tongeren, M J A ^a   Harrington, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRY; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0030065297     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4878(95)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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