Workplace airborne hexavalent chromium concentrations for the Painesville, Ohio, chromate production plant (1943-1971)

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 430-449

  Proctor, D M ^a   Panko, J P ^b   Liebig, E W ^b   Scott, P K ^c   Mundt, K A ^d   Buczynski, M A ^e   Barnhart, R J ^f   Harris, M A ^g   Morgan, R J ^h   Paustenbach, D J ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^c BBL Inc   (United States)

^d Applied Epidemiology Inc   (United States)

^e Occidental Chemical Corporation   (United States)

^f Elementis Chromium   (United States)

^g Harris Environ Risk Management Inc   (United States)

^h Occidental Chemical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromate Production Industry; Hexavalent Chromium; Historical Methods for Airborne Sampling; Occupational Health

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASH; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTRATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORAGE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHROMIUM; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OHIO; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038443001     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301421     Document Type: Article

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