Release of ultrafine particles from three simulated building processes

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kumar, Prashant ^a   Mulheron, Mike ^a   Som, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Building activities; Cement and concrete; Construction nanoparticles exposure; Environment health and safety risks; Number and mass distributions; Ultrafine particles; Workplace air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCRETE SLABS; HEALTH RISKS;

BUILDING ACTIVITIES; CEMENT AND CONCRETES; CONSTRUCTION NANOPARTICLES EXPOSURES; ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS; NUMBER AND MASS DISTRIBUTIONS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; WORKPLACE AIR QUALITY;

BUILDINGS;

AIRBORNE ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION; HUMAN; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

EID: 84857699704     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-0771-2     Document Type: Article

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