Comparison of deposited surface area of airborne ultrafine particles generated from two welding processes

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 774-781

  Gomes, J F ^a,b   Albuquerque, P C ^c   Miranda, Rosa M ^d   Santos, Telmo G ^d   Vieira, M T ^e  

^a Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alveolar deposited surface area; Ultrafine particles; Welding

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON; STEEL;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRBORNE ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; FRICTION STIR WELDING; LUNG ALVEOLUS; METAL ACTIVE CARBON STEEL WELDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELDING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WELDING;

EID: 84866115904     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2012.717648     Document Type: Article

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