Ultrafine particlec characteristics in seven industrial plants

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-484

  Elihn, Karine ^a   Berg, Peter ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exposure; Particle characterization; Size distribution; Ultrafine particles; Workplace aerosols

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; DIFFERENT ORDER; EXPOSURE; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GEOMETRIC STANDARD DEVIATIONS; HEALTH EFFECTS; LASER CUTTING; MASS CONCENTRATION; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS; PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE AREA; ULTRAFINE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES; WORKPLACE AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COREMAKING; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAM CUTTING; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASER BEAMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WASHERS; WELDING;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

ALUMINUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; STEEL;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; GRINDING; INDUSTRY; MASS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELDING; WORKPLACE; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; WELDING;

EID: 68149089686     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep033     Document Type: Article

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