Evaluation of exposure risk in the weaving process of MWCNT-coated yarn with real-time particle concentration measurements and characterization of dust particles

Industrial Health

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-155

  Takaya, Mitsutoshi ^a   Ono Ogasawara, Mariko ^a   Shinohara, Yasushi ^a   Kubota, Hisayo ^a   Tsuruoka, Shuji ^b   Koda, Shigeki ^a  

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

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EC; Fabrication; Multiwalled carbon nanotube; MWCNT; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; DUST; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CLOTHING; DUST; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; JAPAN; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84859769067     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1312     Document Type: Article

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