Assessment of workplace air concentrations of indium dust in an indium-recycling plant

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-111

  Miyauchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Minozoe, Aoi ^a   Tanaka, Shigeru ^b   Tanaka, Akiyo ^c   Hirata, Miyuki ^c   Nakaza, Masahiro ^d   Arito, Heihachiro ^e   Eitaki, Yoko ^f   Nakano, Makiko ^f   Omae, Kazuyuki ^f  

^a Association of Industrial Health   (Japan)

^b JUMONJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Area and personal sampling; Indium dust; Indium tin oxide; Respirator; Work environment

Indexed keywords

INDIUM;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; DUST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; WORK; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIUM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATION; RISK; WORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84864513063     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.11-0233-OA     Document Type: Article

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