Characterization of exposures to airborne nanoscale particles during friction stir welding of aluminum

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 486-503

  Pfefferkorn, Frank E ^a   Bello, Dhimiter ^b   Haddad, Gilbert ^a   Park, Ji Young ^c   Powell, Maria ^a   McCarthy, Jon ^a   Bunker, Kristin Lee ^d   Fehrenbacher, Axel ^a   Jeon, Yongho ^a   Virji, M Abbas ^e   Gruetzmacher, George ^f   Hoover, Mark D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d RJ LEE GROUP   (United States)

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

^f WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

aluminum; friction stir welding; nanoparticle exposures; occupational safety and health; size distribution; zinc

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALUMINUM; FRICTION; JOINING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIBOLOGY; WELDING; ZINC;

DEPOSITED SURFACE AREAS; FRICTION STIR WELDING(FSW); NANOPARTICLE EXPOSURES; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; SPECIFIC CONCENTRATION; SUBMICROMETER PARTICLE;

FRICTION STIR WELDING;

EID: 84929463372     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq037     Document Type: Article

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