Assessment of coke oven emissions exposure among coking workers

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-110

  Chen, Mei Lien ^a   Mao, I Fang ^a   Wu, Ming Tsang ^b   Chen, Jion Rong ^a   Ho, Chi Kung ^c   Smith, Thomas J ^b   Wypij, David ^b   Christiani, David C ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benzene soluble fraction of total particulates; Coking workers

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ARTICLE; COKING INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0033011547     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028899908984428     Document Type: Article

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