Individual exposure levels in people environmentally exposed to crocidolite

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 485-490

  Hansen, Janice ^a   Deklerk, Nicholas H ^b   Musk, William ^a   Hobbs, Michael S T ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MINING; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031001033     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10390032     Document Type: Article

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