Investigation of personal-indoor-outdoor particulate relationships in welding workshops

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 454-458

  Pervez, Shamsh ^a   Mathew, James ^a   Sharma, Rajnikant ^a  

^a PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arc welding workshop; Infiltration factor; Intercept; Microenvironments; O I ratio; Personal exposure; PM10; PM5

Indexed keywords

WELDING;

EID: 20644467475     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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