The effect of dust-protective respirator mask and the relevance of work category on urinary 1-hydroxypyrene concentration in PAH exposed electrode paste plant workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-144

  Bentsen, R K ^a   Noto H ^a   Halgard, K ^a   Ovrebo S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CORRELATION METHODS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY DEVICES; SAMPLING;

BIOMARKER; DUST PROTECTIVE RESPIRATOR MASK; ELECTRODE PASTE PLANT; HYDROXYPYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SMOKING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; ELECTRODE; FACE MASK; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; WORK SCHEDULE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; MUTAGENS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032007170     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(97)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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