Exposure to fibres, crystalline silica, silicon carbide and sulphur dioxide in the Norwegian silicon carbide industry

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 317-336

  Foreland S ^a,b,c   Bye, E ^a   Bakke, B ^a   Eduard, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cristobalite; Exposure assessment; Fibres; Quartz; Respirable dust; Silicon carbide; Sulphur dioxide; Total dust

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROL ROOMS (POWER PLANTS); CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DUST; FURNACES; NONMETALS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

CONTROL ROOMS; CRISTOBALITE; CRYSTALLINE SILICA; DUST SAMPLES; GEOMETRIC MEAN (MG); IN PLANTS; MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMIT (OEL); PERSONAL EXPOSURES; RESPIRABLE DUST; SIC INDUSTRY; SILICON CARBIDE (SIC); SULPHUR DIOXIDE;

FIBERS;

SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DUST EXPOSURE; FURNACE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 47249145112     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men029     Document Type: Article

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