Worker exposure monitoring of suspended particles in a thermal spray industry

Journal of Thermal Spray Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-219

  Petsas, Nikolaos ^a,b   Kouzilos, Giorgos ^a   Papapanos, Giorgos ^b   Vardavoulias, Michalis ^b   Moutsatsou, Angeliki ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PyroGenesis SA Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Monitoring; Qualityof air; Suspended particles; Thermal spray; Workers exposure

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE MONITORING; THERMAL SPRAY INDUSTRY;

AIR QUALITY; HEAVY METALS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STATISTICAL METHODS;

THERMAL SPRAYING;

EID: 34548790271     PISSN: 10599630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11666-007-9027-6     Document Type: Review

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