Measurement of particle concentrations in a dental office

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 351-361

  Sotiriou, Maria ^a   Ferguson, Stephen F ^a   Davey, Mark ^a   Wolfson, Jack M ^a   Demokritou, Philip ^a   Lawrence, Joy ^a   Sax, Sonja N ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental procedures; Drilling procedures; Health; Indoor air pollution; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TRACE ELEMENTS;

DENTAL DRILLING; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE MASS CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; BARIUM; TIN; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT; VENTILATION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL OFFICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASSACHUSETTS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 38349059249     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9770-7     Document Type: Article

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