Exposure to wood dust among carpenters in the construction industry in The Netherlands

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-248

  Spee, Ton ^a   Hoof, Esther Van De Rijdt Van ^b   Hoof, Wouter Van ^c   Noy, Dook ^d   Kromhout, Hans ^e  

^a Arbouw   (Netherlands)

^b OCÉ TECHNOLOGIES B V   (Netherlands)

^c DAF Trucks   (Netherlands)

^d Arbo Unie Occupational Health Service   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construction; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DUST; SAMPLING; CONSTRUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; WOOD;

CARPENTERS; OUTDOORS EXPOSURE; WOOD DUST;

WOOD WASTES; WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CARPENTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; GEOMETRY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; ROOM VENTILATION; SAMPLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WOOD DUST; WORK ENVIRONMENT; DUST; EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRY; TIME; WOOD; WORKPLACE;

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; GEOMETRIC STANDARD DEVIATIONS; GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDANCE; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES; WOOD DUST;

DUST; EQUIPMENT; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS; WOOD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34447512878     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel075     Document Type: Article

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