Temporal trends of flour dust exposure in the United Kingdom, 1985-2003

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1492-1497

  Van Tongeren, Martie ^a,b   Galea, Karen S ^a   Ticker, John ^c   While, David ^b   Kromhout, Hans ^d   Cherrie, John W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Independent Consultant ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; FLUOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOUR; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME;

EID: 68949130139     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b906055c     Document Type: Article

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