Exposure of miners to diesel exhaust particulates in underground nonmetal mines

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 651-658

  Cohen, H J ^a   Borak, J ^b,c   Hall, T ^d   Sirianni, G ^c   Chemerynski, S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Jonathan Borak and Company   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Diesel particulate matter; DPM; NIOSH 5040

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; FILTER; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MINING; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0036710529     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110208984753     Document Type: Article

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