Diesel exhaust particles in the work environment and their analysis

Industrial Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 389-399

  Ono Ogasawara, Mariko ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^b  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

DEP; EC; OC; PAH; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADSORPTION; AIR MONITOR; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANALYTIC METHOD; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIESEL ENGINE; DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICLE; ELEMENTAL CARBON MONITOR; EXHAUST GAS; EXTRACTION; INDUSTRY; INSTRUMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TECHNOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 7944238243     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.42.389     Document Type: Review

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