Exposure assessment to suggest the cause of sinusitis developed in grinding operations utilizing soluble metalworking fluids

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-326

  Park, Donguk ^a   Choi, Byungsoon ^b   Kim, Shinbum ^c   Kwag, Hyunseok ^c   Joo, Kuidon ^b   Jeong, Jongdeuk ^b  

^a Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

^b Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Green Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Fungi; Grinding operation; Metalworking fluids (MWF); Microbes; MWF mist; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GRINDING; HUMAN; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM; NOSE CAVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; SOLUBILITY; SYMPTOM; WORKER;

ADULT; BACTERIA; ENDOTOXINS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINUSITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 25444506588     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.319     Document Type: Article

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