Quantitative and qualitative assessment of exposure among employees in Norwegian smelters

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 623-633

  Johnsen, H Laier ^a,b   Hetland, S M ^c,d   Saltyte Benth J ^b,e   Kongerud, J ^b,f   Soyseth V ^a,b  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^d Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^e Helse Sør Øst Health Services Research Centre   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Job exposure matrix; Longitudinal study; Qualitative exposure classification; Smelting industry; Total dust exposure

Indexed keywords

DUST; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PERSONNEL; SILICON; SILICON STEEL; SMELTING;

JOB EXPOSURE MATRIX; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; QUALITATIVE EXPOSURE CLASSIFICATION; SMELTING INDUSTRY; TOTAL DUST EXPOSURE;

DUST CONTROL;

ALLOY; FERROCHROMIUM; FERROMANGANESE; FERROSILICON ALLOY; IRON; SILICOMANGANESE; SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARITHMETIC; ARITHMETIC MEAN; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DUST; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUME; GAS; GENDER; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; JOB EXPOSURE MATRIX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELTER; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 53849144994     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men046     Document Type: Article

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