Exposure to ultrafine particles in asphalt work

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 771-779

  Elihn, Karine ^a   Ulvestad, Bente ^b   Hetland, Siri ^c   Wallén, Anna ^a   Randem, Britt Grethe ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Occupational Medicine ^*  (Norway)

^c Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bitumen fume; COPD; Lung function loss

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; CARBON; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN OXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOLOGY;

CARBON; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; LUNG DISEASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 55949131878     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620802473891     Document Type: Article

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