The respiratory health hazard of tephra from the 2010 Centennial eruption of Merapi with implications for occupational mining of deposits

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 261, Issue , 2013, Pages 376-387

  Damby, D E ^a   Horwell, C J ^a   Baxter, P J ^b   Delmelle, P ^c   Donaldson, K ^d   Dunster, C ^e   Fubini, B ^f   Murphy, F A ^d   Nattrass, C ^a   Sweeney, S ^g   Tetley, T D ^g   Tomatis, M ^f  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ash; Hazard; Health; Merapi; Mining; Volcanic deposit

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL RADICAL GENERATION; LABORATORY PROTOCOLS; MERAPI; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY HAZARDS; VOLCANIC ASH PARTICLES; VOLCANIC DEPOSITS;

ASHES; BIOHAZARDS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEPOSITS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MINING; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

HEALTH;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; LAHAR; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EAST JAVA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAVA; MERAPI; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84875079729     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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