Evaluation and control of employee exposure to diesel particulate at several australian coal mines

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1032-1037

  Pratt, Stephen L ^a   Grainger, Anthony P ^a   Todd, Jack ^a   Meena, Gabe G ^a   Rogers, Alan J ^b   Davies, Brian ^c  

^a BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^b Occupational Hygiene Unit   (Australia)

^c Australian Environ Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; DIESEL FUEL;

AUSTRALIA; COAL MINING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL SYSTEM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; FILTER; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031406345     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10390645     Document Type: Article

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