CARE - A European programme for monitoring and reducing refractory ceramic fibre dust at the workplace: Initial results;CARE - Europaisches programm zur uberwachung und reduzierung von keramikfaserstaub am arbeitsplatz: Erste ergebnisse

Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 97-104

  Maxim, L D ^a   Allshouse, J N ^a   Deadman, J E ^b   Kleck, Ch ^c   Kostka, M ^d   Webster, D ^e   Class, Ph ^c   Sebastien P ^b  

^a EVEREST CONSULTING ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

^c Thermal Ceramics de France ^*  (France)

^d Rath Advanced Materials GmbH   (Germany)

^e S Gobain Ceramic Fibres Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FIBROUS DUST; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031920271     PISSN: 00390771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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