Dust exposure assessment among construction workers in Poland, 2001-2005;Ocena narażenia na pyły pracowników budownictwa w Polsce w latach 2001-2005

Medycyna Pracy

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-257

  Bujak Pietrek, Stella ^a   Szadkowska Stańczyk, Irena ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Inhalable and respirable dust; Occupational exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 74049128983     PISSN: 04655893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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