Airborne fiber concentration and size distribution of mineral fibers in area with serpentinite outcrops in aichi prefecture, Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 132-140

  Sakai, Kiyoshi ^a   Hisanaga, Naomi ^b   Kohyama, Norihiko ^b   Shibata, Eiji ^c   Takeuchi, Yasuhiro ^d  

^a NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Asbestos; Fiber concentration; Fiber size distribution; Nonasbestos fiber; Serpentinite

Indexed keywords

ACTINOLITE; ASBESTOS; MINERAL FIBER; SERPENTINE; TREMOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FIBROUS DUST; HUMAN; JAPAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; ROCK; SOIL;

EID: 0035007835     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.39.132     Document Type: Article

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