Field sampling investigations within the road paving industry

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-108

  Deygout, François ^a   Le Coutaller, Patricia ^a  

^a Immeuble Portes de la Défense   (France)

Author keywords

37 mm cassette; Bitumen fumes; Gaseous fraction; IOM sampler; Particulates; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 77449137097     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620903435674     Document Type: Article

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