Exposure profiles and source identifications for workers exposed to crystalline silica during a municipal waste incinerator relining period

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 469-475

  Shih, Tung Sheng ^a,b   Lu, Pao Yin ^c   Chen, Ching Hwa ^c   Soo, Jhy Charm ^c   Tsai, Ching Lang ^c   Tsai, Perng Jy ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Control strategy; Crystalline silica; Exposure assessment; Furnace relining; Main pollutant sources

Indexed keywords

DUST; RANDOM PROCESSES; SILICA; WASTE INCINERATION;

CONTROL STRATEGY; CRYSTALLINE SILICA; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MAIN POLLUTANT SOURCES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DUST; RANDOM PROCESSES; SILICA; WASTE INCINERATION;

ASH; CEMENT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION; SILICA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASH; DUST EXPOSURE; FURNACE; OIL INDUSTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; HUMANS; INCINERATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUARTZ; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 43049170368     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.10.047     Document Type: Article

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