Air pollution and heat exposure study in the workplace in a glass manufacturing unit in india

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 73-80

  Bhanarkar, A D ^a   Srivastava, A ^a   Joseph, A E ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Glass manufacturing unit; Heat stress; Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) index; Work place air

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; GLASS MANUFACTURE; HEALTH HAZARDS; STRESSES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOMETERS;

HEAT EXPOSURE; HEAT STRESS; WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURE (WBGT) INDEX; WORKPLACE AIR;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRITE; SULFITE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLASS INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REST; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLASS; HEAT; HUMANS; INDIA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WORKPLACE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 27744596207     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-5839-3     Document Type: Article

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