Preliminary data on hard metal workers exposure to tungsten oxide fibres

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 153-167

  Sahle, Wubeshet ^a   Krantz, Staffan ^a   Christensson, Bengt ^a   Laszlo, Ildiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fibre exposure; Hard metal workers; TEM; Tungsten oxide whiskers

Indexed keywords

METAL; TUNGSTEN;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FIBER; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030592801     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05256-4     Document Type: Article

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