Mass, number and surface area concentrations of α-quartz exposures of refractory material manufacturing workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 411-417

  Chen, Jyh Larng ^a,b   Su, Li Fang ^b   Tsai, Ching Lang ^b   Liu, Hung Hsin ^c   Lin, Ming Hsiu ^d   Tsai, Perng Jy ^b  

^a Yuanpei University College of Health Science

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Institute of Occupational Safety   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

quartz content; Exposure assessment; Mass concentration; Number concentration; Surface area concentration

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TAIWAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUARTZ; TAIWAN; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

EID: 37549052504     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.49.411     Document Type: Article

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