Occupational exposure to lead - Granulometric distribution of airborne lead in relation to risk assessment

Industrial Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-321

  Carelli, Giovanni ^a   Masci, Oliviero ^a   Altieri, Augusto ^a   Castellino, Nicoló ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airborne lead particle size; Blood lead; Crystal airborne particulate; Environmental lead monitoring; Lead occupational exposure; Lead OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

LIGUSTICUM PORTERI;

EID: 0032770408     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.37.313     Document Type: Article

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