Total fume and metal concentrations during welding in selected factories in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2978-2987

  Balkhyour, Mansour Ahmed ^a   Goknil, Mohammad Khalid ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fume; Occupational exposure; Particulates

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MOLYBDENUM;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW RATE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; WELDING; WELDING FUME; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78649543858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7072978     Document Type: Article

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