A novel approach to estimating potential maximum heavy metal exposure to ship recycling yard workers in Alang, India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 304-311

  Deshpande, Paritosh C ^a   Tilwankar, Atit K ^a   Asolekar, Shyam R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Heavy metals; Marine pollution; Ship breaking; Ship dismantling; Worker exposure

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES; BREATHING ZONES; CENTERLINES; ECO-FRIENDLY; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; INTERTIDAL ZONES; METAL SURFACES; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; POLLUTION LOADS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SHIP DISMANTLING; WEST COAST; WIND SPEED; WORKER EXPOSURE; WORKING ZONES; ZONE OF INFLUENCES;

AIR POLLUTION; ESTIMATION; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MARINE POLLUTION; METAL CUTTING; RECYCLING;

SHIPS;

HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; INDIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SHIP; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; RECYCLING; SHIPS;

ALANG-SOSIYA; GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84866479769     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.048     Document Type: Article

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