Exposure to particles from laser printers operating within office workplaces

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 6444-6452

  McGarry, Peter ^a,b   Morawska, Lidia ^a   He, Congrong ^a   Jayaratne, Rohan ^a   Falk, Matthew ^a   Tran, Quang ^a   Wang, Hao ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Department of Justice and Attorney General ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FORMATION MECHANISM; HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS; LASER PRINTERS; OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS; OFFICE WORKERS; OPEN-PLAN OFFICES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; POTENTIAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES; TRANSPORT OF PARTICLES; ULTRAFINE;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

PRINTING PRESSES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LASER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VENTILATION; WORKPLACE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LASER; LASER PRINTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RELATED PHENOMENA; REFERENCE VALUE; WORKPLACE;

ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LASERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79960951249     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200249n     Document Type: Article

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