Estimation of historical and current employee exposure to refractory ceramic fibers during manufacturing and related operations

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-61

  Rice, Carol H ^a   Lockey, James E ^a   Lemaster, Grace K ^a   Levin, Linda L ^a   Staley, Preston ^b   Hansen, Karen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031024043     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10389456     Document Type: Article

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