Size-resolved sulfuric acid mist concentrations at phosphate fertilizer manufacturing facilities in Florida

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-89

  Hsu, Yu Mei ^a   Wu, Chang Yu ^a   Lundgren, Dale A ^a   Birky, Brian K ^b  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascade impactor; NIOSH method 7903; Phosphate fertilizer facilities; Sulfuric acid mist

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CARCINOGENS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SULFURIC ACID;

CASCADE IMPACTORS; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER FACILITIES; STANDARD DEVIATION; SULFURIC ACID MIST;

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS;

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEALTH HAZARD; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHATES; SULFURIC ACIDS;

CARCINOGENS; FERTILIZERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHOSPHATES; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 33846244302     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel066     Document Type: Article

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