Influence of particle size distribution on inhalation doses to workers in the Florida phosphate industry

Health Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-67

  Kim, Kwang Pyo ^a   Wu, Chang Yu ^a   Birky, Brian K ^b   Bolch, Wesley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose; Exposure, occupational; Inhalation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; URANIUM 238;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG DIFFUSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MINING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHATES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 33745287874     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000200261.96014.6c     Document Type: Article

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