Comments on the recommendation of the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits (SCOEL) for wood dust

Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 99-104

  Schulze, Johannes ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^b   Donhuijsen, Konrad ^c   Kleine, Horst ^d   Pesch, Beate ^b   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^b   Schröder, Heinz Georg ^c   Wolf, Joachim ^a  

^a Holz Berufsgenossenschaft   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut fur Arbeitsschutz   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RAT; SAMPLING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WOOD DUST;

EID: 0037346801     PISSN: 09498036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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