Trends in wood dust inhalation exposure in the UK, 1985-2005

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 657-667

  Galea, Karen S ^a   Van Tongeren, Martie ^a,b   Sleeuwenhoek, Anne J ^a   While, David ^b   Graham, Mairi ^a   Bolton, Annette ^b   Kromhout, Hans ^c   Cherrie, John W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exposure; Inhalation; Time; Trends; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE; INHALATION; TIME; TRENDS; WOOD DUST;

DUST CONTROL; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INSPECTION; SURVEYS;

WOOD;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DUST EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WOOD DUST; WORKPLACE;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; WOOD;

DUST; DUST CONTROL; GRANULES; INSPECTION; SURVEYS; WOOD;

EID: 70350049091     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep044     Document Type: Article

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