Airborne asbestos concentration from brake changing does not exceed permissible exposure limit

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-70

  Blake, Charles L ^a   Van Orden, Drew R ^b   Banasik, Marek ^c   Harbison, Raymond D ^c  

^a Clayton Group Services Inc   (United States)

^b RJ LEE GROUP   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure; Automotive brake; Brake change; Brake lining; Chrysotile; Drum brake

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CAR; DUST; EVALUATION; FIBER; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE;

EID: 0037484675     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-2300(03)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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