Exposure to welding particles in automotive plants

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 295-304

  Buonanno, G ^a   Morawska, L ^b   Stabile, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Particle exposure; Particle number concentration; Surface area concentration; Welding emissions

Indexed keywords

RESISTANCE WELDING; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTERS; FAST MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZERS; LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION; NANOPARTICLE SURFACE AREA MONITOR; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SURFACE AREA;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

NANOPARTICLE;

CONDENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVIMETRY; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAMPLER; SURFACE AREA; VENTILATION; WELDING;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WELDING; WORKER;

EID: 79952232129     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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