Comparison of dust release from epoxy and paint nanocomposites and conventional products during sanding and sawing

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 983-994

  Gomez, Virginia ^a   Levin, Marcus ^b,c   Saber, Anne T ^b   Irusta, Silvia ^a,d   Maso, Miikka Dal ^e   Hanoi, Roberto ^f   Santamaria, Jesus ^a,d   Jensen, Keld A ^b   Wallin, Hakan ^b,g   Koponen, Ismo K ^b  

^a Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f NANOLOGICA AB   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aerosol size distributions; nanomaterial; nanotechnology; occupational health

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AGGREGATES; CARBON NANOTUBES; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PAINT; PARTICLE SIZE; SAWING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CONVENTIONAL PRODUCTS; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; NANO-SIZED TITANIUM DIOXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICLE EMISSIONS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

DUST;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON NANOTUBE; DUST; EPOXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; PAINT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOOD;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PAINT; PARTICLE SIZE; TITANIUM; WOOD;

EID: 84922346929     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meu046     Document Type: Article

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