Workplace monitoring of occupational exposure to refractory ceramic fiber - A 17-year retrospective

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-309

  Maxim, L Daniel ^a   Allshouse, John ^a   Fairfax, Richard E ^b   Lentz, T J ^c   Venturin, Dean ^d   Walters, Thomas E ^e  

^a EVEREST CONSULTING ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b Occupational Safety and Health Administration   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d Unifrax Corporation   (United States)

^e Morgan Insulation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CERAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; KAOLIN; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 40049106013     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370701866040     Document Type: Review

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