Size selective dustiness and exposure; simulated workplace comparisons

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 445-452

  Brouwer, Derk H ^a   Links, Ingrid H M ^a   De Vreede, Sjaak A F ^a   Christopher, Yvette ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dust exposure; Dustiness; Manual powder handling operations; Size selective sampling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DUST CONTROL; HEALTH HAZARDS; MAGNESIUM POWDER; POWDER METALS; POWDERS;

DUST EXPOSURE; DUSTINESS; MANUAL POWDER HANDLING OPERATIONS; SIZE SELECTIVE SAMPLING;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MAGNESIUM STEARATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DUST; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MATERIALS TESTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; STEARIC ACIDS;

EID: 33748099134     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel015     Document Type: Article

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