Industrial worker exposure to airborne particles during the packing of pigment and nanoscale titanium dioxide

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 839-849

  Koivisto, A J ^a   Lyyranen J ^b   Auvinen, A ^b   Vanhala, E ^a   Hameri K ^c   Tuomi, T ^a   Jokiniemi, J ^b,d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Characterization; Dose; Exposure; Nanoparticle; TiO2

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VENTILATOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COLORING AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FINLAND; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRODUCT PACKAGING; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOOT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TITANIUM;

EID: 84867170250     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2012.724474     Document Type: Article

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