Exposure and emissions monitoring during carbon nanofiber production - Part I: Elemental carbon and iron-soot aerosols

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1016-1036

  Birch, M Eileen ^a   Ku, Bon Ki ^a   Evans, Douglas E ^a   Ruda Eberenz, Toni A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanofiber; elemental carbon; nanomaterial; nanotube; occupational exposure; ultrafine

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MONITORING; AIR CONTAMINANTS; AREA CONCENTRATIONS; BREATHING ZONES; CASCADE IMPACTORS; COMPOSITE PRODUCTS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EMISSIONS MONITORING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD STUDIES; HEALTH CONCERNS; HEALTH EFFECTS; HIGH-VOLUME PRODUCTION; NANOMATERIAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; TIME-INTEGRATED SAMPLES; TOXICITY DATA; ULTRAFINE;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BYPRODUCTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON NANOFIBERS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; NANOTUBES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOOT; SORPTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; NANOFIBER;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STANDARD; TIME; WORKPLACE;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 81255168590     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer073     Document Type: Article

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