A study on dust emission, particle size distribution and formaldehyde concentration during machining of medium density fibreboard

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 455-466

  Kenneth Chung, K Y ^a   Cuthbert, R John ^a   Revell, Graham S ^a   Wassel, Sara G ^a   Summers, Nick ^b  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Agricultural Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Hardwood; Medium density fibreboard (MDF); Softwood; Woodworking

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; MACHINING; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAWDUST; UREA FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; WOODWORKING;

HARDWOOD; ISOCYANATE RESIN; MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARDS (MDF); SOFTWOOD;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD; WOOD DUST;

EID: 0343952979     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4878(00)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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