Occupational exposure to airborne asbestos from coatings, mastics, and adhesives

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 234-244

  Paustenbach, Dennis J ^a,b   Sage, Amy ^a   Bono, Michael ^a   Mowat, Fionna ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive; Asbestos; Encapsulation; Exposure reconstruction; Mastic; Occupational exposure; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BOILER; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENCAPSULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; MATERIAL COATING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIPELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPILLAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADHESIVES; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASBESTOS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HUMANS; MINERAL FIBERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LIGUSTICUM PORTERI;

EID: 2942644797     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500320     Document Type: Article

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