Occupational exposure assessment in carbon nanotube and nanofiber primary and secondary manufacturers: Mobile direct-reading sampling

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 328-344

  Dahm, Matthew M ^a   Evans, Douglas E ^a   Schubauer Berigan, Mary K ^a   Birch, M Eileen ^a   Deddens, James A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Carbon nanotubes; Exposure assessment; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURFACE AREA; CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTERS; CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HYPOTHESIS GENERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; POTENTIAL EXPOSURE; RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCES;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INSTRUMENTS; MANUFACTURE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ACTIVE FILTERS;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOFIBER; NANOMATERIAL;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 84875196683     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes079     Document Type: Article

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