Exposure to particulate matter on an Indian stone-crushing site

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 300-305

  Semple, Sean ^a   Green, D A ^b   McAlpine, G ^a   Cowie, H ^c   Seaton, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRAVIMETRY; INDUSTRY; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE CRUSHING INDUSTRY; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL HEALTH; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 42949135562     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.032805     Document Type: Article

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