Assessment of particle size distributions of health-relevant aerosol exposures of primary lead smelter workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-80

  Spear, Terry M ^a   Werner, Mark A ^b,c   Bootland, John ^a   Murray, Erin ^a   Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^b   Vincent, James H ^b  

^a MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Bureau of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; LEAD SMELTING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PERSONNEL; SPECTROMETERS;

MASS RATIO; PERSONAL INHALABLE DUST SPECTROMETER;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

LEAD;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; FURNACE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; SPECTROMETER; WORKPLACE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLURGY; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 0032006455     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(97)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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