Development and characterization of a resistance spot welding aerosol generator and inhalation exposure system

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 708-719

  Afshari, Aliakbar ^a   Zeidler Erdely, Patti C ^a   Mckinney, Walter ^a   Chen, Bean T ^a   Jackson, Mark ^a   Schwegler Berry, Diane ^a   Friend, Sherri ^a   Cumpston, Amy ^a   Cumpston, Jared L ^a   Donny Leonard, H ^a   Meighan, Terence G ^a   Frazer, David G ^a   Antonini, James M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aerosol generators; Fumes; Gases; Inhalation; Resistance spot welding

Indexed keywords

2 BUTOXYETHANOL; 2 PROPANOL; ALKENE; BARIUM; BENZENE; BUTANOL; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; IRON; MANGANESE; METAL; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILOXANE; TIN; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ZINC; ADHESIVE AGENT; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEATING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOXICOLOGY; WELDING; WELDING FUME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPOSURE; FIRE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

ADHESIVES; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; FIRES; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STEEL; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WELDING;

EID: 84925220020     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2014.941118     Document Type: Article

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