Workplace air measurements and likelihood of exposure to manufactured nano-objects, agglomerates, and aggregates

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Brouwer, Derk H ^a   Van Duuren Stuurman, Birgit ^a   Berges, Markus ^b   Bard, Delphine ^c   Jankowska, Elzbieta ^d   Moehlmann, Carsten ^b   Pelzer, Johannes ^b   Mark, Dave ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Institut fur Arbeitsschutz   (Germany)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Decision logic; Inhalation; Occupational exposure; Particle number concentration; Surface area

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; COMPUTER CIRCUITS; HEALTH RISKS;

DECISION LOGIC; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SURFACE AREA;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BENZOIC ACID; CARBON FIBER; CARBON NANOTUBE; CERIUM OXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; FLAME RETARDANT; NANOFIBER; NANOSPHERE; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

AIR; AIR MONITORING; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW RATE; MEASUREMENT; NANOENGINEERING; NANOFABRICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84886110996     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-2090-7     Document Type: Article

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