Continuous 3-day exposure assessment of workplace manufacturing silver nanoparticles

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Ji Hyun ^a   Ahn, Kangho ^b   Kim, Sun Man ^b   Jeon, Ki Soo ^b,c   Lee, Jong Seong ^d   Yu, Il Je ^a  

^a Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c HCT Co   (South Korea)

^d Occupational Lung Diseases Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Continuous monitoring; Exposure assessment; Manufacturing; Silver nanoparticle; Workplace

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CONTINUOUS MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; NANOPARTICLE EXPOSURES; NANOPARTICLE MANUFACTURING; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; WORKPLACE;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NANOFABRICATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84865304394     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1134-8     Document Type: Article

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