Collection, validation and generation of bitumen fumes for inhalation studies in rats part 1: Workplace samples and validation criteria

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 789-804

  Preiss, A ^a   Koch, W ^a   Kock, H ^a   Elend, M ^a   Raabe, M ^a   Pohlmann, G ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asphalt; Bitumen; Chemical analysis; Fume; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sampling methods; Workplace

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN FUMES; CHRONIC INHALATION STUDY; EXPOSURE ATMOSPHERE; WORKPLACE;

ASPHALT; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BITUMINOUS COAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; JOB ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL; SAMPLING; TOXICITY;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; ASPHALT; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; FUME; GERMANY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BENZENE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HYDROCARBONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RATS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33845260340     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel047     Document Type: Article

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