Inhalation study on exposure to bitumen fumes. Part 1: Development and validation of the equipment

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-29

  Bonnet, P ^a   Binet, S ^a   Brandt, H ^b   Kriech, A J ^c   Lafontaine, M ^a   Nunge, H ^a   Morele, Y ^a   De Groot, P ^b   Wissel, H ^c   Castegnarou, M ^d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c Heritage Research Group   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Equipment design; Inhalation; Polycyclic hydrocarbons analysis

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; FLOW RATE; INHALATION; INSTRUMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TECHNIQUE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BITUMINOUS PAVING MATERIALS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BITUMEN FUMES; FUME GENERATION SYSTEM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 0033622926     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(99)00062-9     Document Type: Article

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