Simulation tests to assess occupational exposure to airborne asbestos from asphalt-based roofing products

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 451-462

  Mowat, Fionna ^a   Weidling, Ryan ^a   Sheehan, Patrick ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Curing; Exposure simulation; Occupational exposure; Plastic cement; Roof coating

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ASBESTOS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURING; HEALTH CARE; CEMENTS; COATINGS; FIBERS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; REPAIR; ROOFS; SERPENTINE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EXPOSURE SIMULATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTIC CEMENTS; ROOF COATING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PLASTIC COATINGS;

ASBESTOS FIBER; ASPHALT; CEMENT; CHRYSOTILE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; MATERIAL COATING; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; MINERAL FIBERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EXPOSURE SIMULATION; FIBER CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PLASTIC CEMENT; ROOFING PRODUCTS; SIMULATION TESTS; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

EID: 34548438895     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem020     Document Type: Article

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