Monitoring and identification of airborne asbestos in unorganized sectors, India

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 716-723

  Ahmad Ansari, Furquan ^a   Ahmad, Iqbal ^a   Ashquin, Mohd ^a   Yunus, Mohammad ^a   Rahman, Qamar ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anthophyllite; Asbestos milling units; Asbestos monitoring; Tremolite; Unorganized sectors

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ASBESTOS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH RISKS;

ANTHOPHYLLITE; ASBESTOS MILLING UNITS; ASBESTOS MONITORING; TREMOLITE; UNORGANIZED SECTORS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ASBESTOS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ASBESTOS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH RISKS;

ASBESTOS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MILLING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34247115118     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.01.040     Document Type: Article

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