Submicron particles in smoke resulting from welding alloys and cast alloy in metalworking industry;Particelle submicrometriche in fumi derivanti da operazioni di saldatura e di fusione di leghe metalliche

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 335-350

  Avino, P ^a   Manigrasso, M ^a   Fanizza, Carla ^a   Carrai, P ^b   Solfanelli, Linda ^b  

^a ISPESL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Melting; Ultrafine particles; Welding

Indexed keywords

ALLOY;

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ITALY; METALLURGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; WELDING;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLOYS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; ITALY; METALLURGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; VENTILATION; WELDING;

EID: 84887265841     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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