Exposure pathway assessment at a copper-beryllium alloy facility

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-80

  Day, Gregory A ^a   Dufresne, André ^a,b   Stefaniak, Aleksandr B ^a   Schuler, Christine R ^a   Stanton, Marcia L ^a   Miller, William E ^a   Kent, Michael S ^c   Deubner, David C ^c   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a   Hoover, Mark D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Brush Wellman Inc North America   (United States)

Author keywords

Beryllium sensitization; Chronic beryllium disease; Dermal exposure; Exposure methods; Particle migration

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SKIN;

BERYLLIUM SENSITIZATION; CHRONIC BERYLLIUM DISEASE; DERMAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE METHODS; PARTICLE MIGRATION;

BERYLLIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; BERYLLIUM; COPPER; NITRILE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; FACE; GEOMETRY; GLOVE; HUMAN; METAL INDUSTRY; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SKIN; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLOYS; BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM; COPPER; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 33846184767     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel041     Document Type: Article

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