Assessing inhalatory and dermal exposures and their resultant health-risks for workers exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contained in oil mists in a fastener manufacturing industry

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 971-975

  Chen, Mei Ru ^a   Tsai, Perng Jy ^a   Wang, Ying Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Fastener manufacturing industry; Health risk assessment; Oil mists; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MANUFACTURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VENTILATION; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FASTENER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION SYSTEM; OIL MISTS; PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LEVELS; PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]CHRYCENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; CORONENE; CYCLOPENTA[C,D]PYRENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; OIL; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANCER; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; MANUFACTURING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN DISORDER;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INHALATION; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; TAIWAN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50349093173     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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