Human and animal evidence supports lower occupational exposure limits for poorly-soluble respirable particles

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1205-1208

  Kuempel, Eileen D ^a   Attfield, Michael D ^a   Stayner, Leslie T ^b   Castranova, Vincent ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; DUST; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS;

DUST; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 84913606135     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meu058     Document Type: Letter

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