Personal exposure to inhalable cement dust among construction workers

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-180

  Peters, Susan ^a   Thomassen, Yngvar ^b   Fechter Rink, Edeltraud ^c   Kromhout, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^c TÜV SÜD Industrie Service   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DUST EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58149392412     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b812357h     Document Type: Article

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