Exposure to wood dust in croatian woodworking industry

Wood Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 109-116

  Čavlović, Ankica ^a   Beljo Lučić, Ružica ^a   Ištvanić, Josip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Maximal permissible concentration; Method of personal collectors; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY MATERIALS; COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH; CONCENTRATION METHOD; CONCENTRATION OF; CROATIANS; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; HARDWOOD SPECIES; HAZARDOUS EFFECTS; INHALABLE FRACTIONS; LIMIT VALUES; MASS CONCENTRATION; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION; NASAL CAVITY; NON-WOOD; RESPIRABLE PARTICLES; WOOD DUST; WOOD INDUSTRY; WOOD MATERIALS; WOODWORKING INDUSTRY; WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HARDWOODS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SOFTWOODS; WOODWORKING;

DUST COLLECTORS;

CONCENTRATION; DUST; DUST FILTERS; HARDWOODS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; POLYMERS; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SOFTWOODS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 72449175243     PISSN: 13364561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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