Issues in assessing and regulating particulate exposures in occupational environments

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 593-599

  Woskie, Susan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG TOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031875284     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10390118     Document Type: Article

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