Physical and chemical characterization of beryllium particles from several workplaces in Québec, Canada - Part B: Time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectroscopy

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1907-1916

  Rouleau, Mathieu ^a,b   Dion, Chantal ^c,d   Plamondon, Philippe ^e   L'Espérance, Gilles ^e   Zayed, Joseph ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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

^d GRIS Group de Recherche Interdisplinaire en Sant

^e ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; WORKPLACE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY;

BERYLLIUM; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; QUEBEC; WORKPLACE;

EID: 27244455886     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500192080     Document Type: Article

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