Exposure characterization for highway construction part I: Cut and cover and tunnel finish stages

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 632-641

  Blute, Nicole A ^a   Woskie, Susan R ^a   Greenspan, Cathy A ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Diesel exhaust; Elemental carbon; Noise; Respirable dust; Silica

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DUST EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; CARBON; DUST; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0032777053     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299302440     Document Type: Article

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