Assessment of respirable dust exposures in an opencast coal mine

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 393-401

  Onder, M ^a   Yigit, E ^b  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Hardcoal Enterprises   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Dust; Opencast mining; Respirable dust exposure

Indexed keywords

ANOVA; COAL HANDLING PLANTS; COAL MINING AREAS; DRILLING OPERATIONS; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; DUST LEVELS; EMISSION DATUM; MEASUREMENT STUDIES; MINING ACTIVITIES; MINING SITES; MINITAB; OPENCAST COAL MINES; OPENCAST MINING; RESPIRABLE DUST EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISORDERS; SITE SPECIFICS; STATISTICAL SOFTWARES; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); COAL; COAL HANDLING; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINES; DRILLING; DUST CONTROL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MINE DUST; MINING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNLOADING;

COAL DUST;

AIR QUALITY; COAL MINE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OPENCAST MINING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; DUST EXPOSURE; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COAL MINING; DUST; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TURKEY;

EID: 63749130061     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0324-4     Document Type: Article

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