Exposure to Airborne Metals in the Manufacture and Maintenance of Hard Metal and Stellite Blades

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 196-201

  Linnainmaa, Markku ^a   Kangas, Juhani ^a   Kalliokoski, Pentti ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne metals; Cobalt; Local exhaust; Wet tip grinding

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; NICKEL; SILVER; TUNGSTEN;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CARPENTER; FINLAND; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; JOB ANALYSIS; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKROOM AIR;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; COBALT; DUST; FINLAND; HUMANS; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 1542529167     PISSN: 15298663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119691015142     Document Type: Article

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