Exposure assessment of workers to airborne PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PAHs at an electric arc furnace steelmaking plant in the UK

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 213-225

  Aries, Eric ^a   Anderson, David R ^a   Fisher, Raymond ^a  

^a SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Cancer risk; Dioxins; Occupational hygiene; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Steel industry

Indexed keywords

ARC LAMPS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FURNACES; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; MELTING; METAL REFINERIES; METALLURGICAL FURNACES; MICROFLUIDICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; PYRENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STEEL METALLURGY; STEELMAKING; STEELMAKING FURNACES; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

BENZO[A]PYRENE (BAP); CANCER RISKS; DAILY INTAKE; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE STEELMAKING; ELECTRIC-ARC FURNACE (EAF); ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKE (EDI); EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE DATA; FURNACE CONTROL; HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT (HRA); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); RISK CHARACTERIZATION; STEELMAKING PLANTS; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; DIET; ELECTRONICS; FURNACE; HEALTH HAZARD; INHALATION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZO(A)PYRENE; DIOXINS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METALLURGY; NEOPLASMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME;

BENZO [A] PYRENE; CANCER RISK; DIOXINS; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE STEELMAKING; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 45149092246     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men011     Document Type: Article

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