Estimating cancer risk increment from air pollutant exposure for sewer workers working in an industrial City

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-127

  Yeh, Shu Hsing ^a   Lai, Chin Hsing ^a   Lin, Ching Ho ^a   Chen, Ming Jen ^a   Hsu, Hui Tsung ^b   Lin, Gui Xiang ^a   Lin, Tzong Tzeng ^c   Huang, Yuh Wen ^a  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benzene; Cancer risk; Hazardous air pollutant; Sewer; Trichloromethane

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; CANCER RISK; CODE OF PRACTICE; EXHAUST VENTILATION; GC/MS ANALYSIS; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL CITY; MINIMUM TIME; PERSONAL PROTECTION; PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENTS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; RISK LEVELS; SEWER SYSTEM; SEWERAGE NETWORKS; SEWERAGE SYSTEM; TRICHLOROMETHANE;

AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DISEASES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; RISK PERCEPTION; SEWAGE; SEWERS; SPRAY GUNS; VENTILATION; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CANCER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEWER NETWORK; VENTILATION;

KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 79953152483     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2010.09.0074     Document Type: Article

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