Variability and determinants of wood dust and resin acid exposure during wood pellet production: Measurement strategies and bias in assessing exposure-response relationships

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 685-694

  Hagström, Katja ^a   Lundholm, Cecilia ^a   Eriksson, Kare ^b   Liljelind, Ingrid ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Determinants; Overexposure; Resin acids; Variability; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DETERMINANTS; OVEREXPOSURE; RESIN ACIDS; VARIABILITY; WOOD DUST;

ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DUST; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; RESINS; RISK PERCEPTION; WOOD;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

7 OXODEHYDROABIETIC ACID; DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; WOOD; WOOD DUST; WOOD PELLET;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESINS, PLANT; WOOD; WORK;

ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DUST; ORE; PELLETING; RESIN ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VARIABILITY; WOOD;

EID: 58149387855     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men052     Document Type: Article

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