Health-risk assessment for workers exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a carbon black manufacturing industry

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 278, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 137-150

  Tsai, Perng Jy ^a   Shieh, Hong Yong ^b   Lee, Wen Jhy ^a   Lai, Soon Onn ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon black manufacturing industry; Dermal exposures; Inhalatory exposures; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; HEALTH RISKS; ONCOLOGY; PERSONNEL;

WORKERS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]CHRYCENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTNENE; CHRYSENE; CORONENE; CYCLOPENTA[C,D]PYRENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENOL[1,2,3 CD]LPYRENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYPROPYLENE; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HEALTH RISK; MANUFACTURING; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SURFACE; WORKER;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AEROSOLS; CARBON; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WORKPLACE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035922923     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00643-X     Document Type: Article

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