Occupational exposures during routine activities in coal-fueled power plants

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 403-413

  Bird, Mona J ^a   MacIntosh, David L ^a   Williams, Phillip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Asbestos; Coal dust; Heat stress; Noise; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; COAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EMPLOYEE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; MONITOR; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; COAL; DATA COLLECTION; DUST; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; JOB DESCRIPTION; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS;

EID: 2542429276     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620490453346     Document Type: Article

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