| Document ID (ISN) | 77684 |
| CIS number |
01-1767 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1061-0251 - Occupational Hygiene |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Werner M.A., Vincent J.H., Thomassen Y., Hetland S., Berge S. |
| Title |
Inhalable and "total" metal and metal compound aerosol exposures for nickel refinery workers |
| Bibliographic information |
1999, Vol.5, No.2, p.93-109. 21 ref. |
| Abstract |
Research was conducted at a Scandinavian nickel refinery to investigate exposures to compounds of nickel and several other metals as measured according to the conventional total aerosol approach and those as measured according to the inhalability criterion. Differences between measures of exposure were examined and related to the particle size distributions of the aerosols inhaled by the workers. Side-by-side comparisons were conducted, in which workers wore the two types of samplers simultaneously. Workers were also made to wear personal inhalable dust spectrometers (PIDS) which provided particle size distribution information. It was shown that inhalable aerosol exposures for nickel, copper, cobalt, lead and iron were consistently greater than the corresponding total aerosol exposure, tending to be more so for worksites where the aerosol was coarsest. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
nickel; respirable dust; non-ferrous metal industries; exposure evaluation; aerosols |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
personal sampling; iron; cobalt; comparative study; lead; particle size determination; determination in air; copper |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Norway; USA |
| Subject(s) |
Metal production and metalworking
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Exposure evaluation
Smelting and refining operations
Nickel and compounds
|
