Assessment of exposure to quartz, cristobalite and silicon carbide fibres (whiskers) in a silicon carbide plant

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-343

  Dion, Chantal ^a   Dufresne, André ^b   Jacob, Marcel ^c   Perrault, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre de Sante et de Services Sociaux de l'Énergie   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystalline silica; SiC fibre; Silicon carbide (SiC)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; QUARTZ; SILICA; SILICON CARBIDE; DUST; FIBERS; HEALTH HAZARDS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CARBOSELECTORS; CRISTOBALITES; FIBROGENIC SUBSTANCES;

FIBERS; SILICON CARBIDE;

SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DUST; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CANADA; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ITALY; MINERAL FIBERS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CRYSTALLINE SILICA; FIBROGENIC SUBSTANCES; SIC FIBRES; SILICON CARBIDE FIBRES; SILICON CARBIDES (SIC); STANDARD PROCEDURES; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

EID: 20444374444     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meh099     Document Type: Article

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