Laboratory evaluation of a protocol for personal sampling of airborne particles in welding and allied processes

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-118

  Chung, K Y Kenneth ^a,b   Carter, Graham J ^a   Stancliffe, Jim D ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exposure; Fume Analysis; Fume Composition; Grinding Dust; Sampling; Welding Fume

Indexed keywords

STEEL;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELDING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MANIKINS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STEEL; WELDING;

EID: 0032994736     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299303278     Document Type: Article

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