Asbestos exposure among Seoul metropolitan subway workers during renovation of subway air-conditioning systems

Environment International

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 931-934

  Yu, Il Je ^a   Yoo, Chan Young ^a   Chung, Yong Hyun ^a   Han, Jeong Hee ^a   Yhang, Sook Young ^a   Yu, Gye Mook ^a   Song, Kyung Seuk ^a  

^a Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air conditioning system; Asbestos exposure; Subway workers

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; CEILINGS; DUCTS; DUST; FIBERS; MONITORING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OCCUPATIONAL LIMITS;

ASBESTOS DEPOSITS;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER; CHRYSOTILE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; ASBESTOS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INSTRUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SOUTH KOREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SEOUL [SEOUL (SPC)]; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0742306435     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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