Evaluation of exposure to the airborne asbestos in an automobile brake and clutch manufacturing industry in Iran

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-147

  Kakooei, Hossein ^a   Marioryad, Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Airborne asbestos; Brake and clutch manufacture; Iran; Serpentine and amphibole asbestos

Indexed keywords

ACTINOLITE; AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; SERPENTINE; TREMOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; IRAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERSONAL MONITORING; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; CAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; AUTOMOBILES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76849094646     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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