A proposal of method for evaluating airborne MWCNT concentration

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 726-734

  Ono Ogasawara, Mariko ^a   Myojo, Toshihiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon analysis; Elemental carbon; Exposure assessment; MWCNT; Nanotube; Sioutas cascade impactor

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 83755195790     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1279     Document Type: Article

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