Manganese in occupational arc welding fumes - Aspects on physiochemical properties, with focus on solubility

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-25

  Taube, Fabian ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CDM SMITH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc welding; ; Fume; Homeostasis; Manganese; Particle morphology; Particle size distribution; Physiochemical; Solubility; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOACCESSIBILITY; CYTOTOXIC; HEALTH EFFECTS; HOMEOSTASIS; NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING; SOLUBILITY PROPERTIES; WELDING FUMES;

ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; FLUX-CORED ARC WELDING (FCAW); FUMES; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; MANGANESE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY;

ELECTRIC WELDING;

MANGANESE;

AIR POLLUTANT; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; EXPOSURE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WELDING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CANADA; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MANGANESE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; UNITED STATES; WELDING;

EID: 84872716390     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes053     Document Type: Review

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