Pulmonary deposition modeling with airborne fiber exposure data: A study of workers manufacturing refractory ceramic fibers

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 278-288

  Lentz, Thomas J ^a   Rice, Carol H ^b   Succop, Paul A ^b   Lockey, James E ^b   Dement, John M ^c   LeMasters, Grace K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose; Exposure; Man made vitreous fiber; Pleural plaques; Pulmonary deposition; Refractory ceramic fiber; Synthetic vitreous fiber

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMPLOYMENT; FIBER; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA PLAQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CERAMICS; HUMANS; LUNG; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS;

EID: 0037381894     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301404     Document Type: Article

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