Exposure and emission measurements during production, purification, and functionalization of arc-discharge-produced multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 355-379

  Hedmer, Maria ^a   Isaxon, Christina ^a   Nilsson, Patrik T ^a   Ludvigsson, Linus ^a   Messing, Maria E ^a   Genberg, Johan ^a   Skaug, Vidar ^b   Bohgard, Mats ^a   Tinnerberg, Håkan ^a   Pagels, Joakim H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube; electron microscopy; elemental carbon; emission; exposure metric; manufactured nanoobject; nanoparticle; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CORRELATION METHODS; DUST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; NEUTRON EMISSION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PURIFICATION;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY ANALYSIS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EXPOSURE METRIC; NANO-OBJECTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84896367811     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/met072     Document Type: Article

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