Airborne fibres in the Norwegian silicon carbide industry

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-240

  Skogstad, A ^a   Foreland S ^a,b   Bye, E ^a   Eduard, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fibre dimensions; Fibre morphology; Job groups; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicon carbide fibres

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CORRELATION METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON;

FIBRE DIMENSIONS; FIBRE MORPHOLOGY; JOB GROUPS; SILICON CARBIDE FIBRES;

SYNTHETIC FIBERS; FIBERS;

SILICON CARBIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIBER; INDUSTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAWDUST; WORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERAL FIBERS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; FIBRE DIMENSIONS; FIBRE MORPHOLOGY; JOB GROUPS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; SILICON CARBIDE FIBRES; SILICON CARBIDES (SIC);

EID: 33645777436     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mei081     Document Type: Article

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