An evaluation of on-tool shrouds for controlling respirable crystalline silica in restoration stone work

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1155-1167

  Healy, Catherine B ^a   Coggins, Marie A ^a   Tongeren, Martie Van ^b   MacCalman, Laura ^b   McGowan, Padraic ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Jonathan Swift Street   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Local exhaust ventilation; respirable dust; silica exposure

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; DUST; GRINDING WHEELS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHOTOMETRY; RESTORATION; SANDSTONE; SILICA; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS; WHEELS;

AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF GOVERNMENTAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS; ENGINEERING CONTROLS; LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; RESPIRABLE DUST; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

GRINDING (MACHINING);

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84913605769     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meu069     Document Type: Article

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