Asbestos exposures during reprocessing of automobile brakes and clutches

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-105

  Sakai, Kiyoshi ^a   Hisanaga, Naomi ^b   Shibata, Eiji ^c   Yuichiro, O N O ^d   Takeuchi, Yasuhiro ^e  

^a NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Automobile brake and clutch reprocessing; Small scale industry

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE FILTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SAMPLER;

EID: 33749180162     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2006.12.2.95     Document Type: Article

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