Exposure to inhalable dust and its cyclohexane soluble fraction since the 1970s in the rubber manufacturing industry in the European Union

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 384-391

  De Vocht, F ^a   Vermeulen, R ^a   Burstyn, I ^a   Sobala, W ^b   Dost, A ^c   Taeger, D ^d   Bergendorf, U ^e   Straif, K ^d   Swuste, P ^f   Kromhout, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c British Tyre Manufacturers' Association Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE; PETROLEUM; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; RUBBER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DUST; GENOTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBBER INDUSTRY; AIR POLLUTANT; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CYCLOHEXANES; DUST; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUBBER;

EID: 44449165529     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.034470     Document Type: Article

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