Exposure assessment of carbon nanotube manufacturing workplaces

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 369-381

  Lee, Ji Hyun ^a   Lee, Seung Bok ^b   Bae, Gwi Nam ^b   Jeon, Ki Soo ^c   Yoon, Jin Uk ^c   Ji, Jun Ho ^d   Sung, Jae Hyuck ^e   Lee, Byung Gyu ^f   Lee, Jong Han ^f   Yang, Jung Sun ^f   Kim, Hyeon Yeong ^f   Kang, Chang Soo ^a   Yu, Il Je ^a  

^a Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c HCT Co   (South Korea)

^d Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^e Korea Institute of Construction Materials   (South Korea)

^f Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Exposure assessment; Nanomaterial; Nanoparticle; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOPARTICLE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DISPERSION; DUST EXPOSURE; HEATING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPOR; WORKPLACE; WORKROOM AIR;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77949546462     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958370903367359     Document Type: Article

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