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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 77023 |
| CIS number |
01-1165 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-4878 - Annals of Occupational Hygiene |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Teschke K., Demers P.A., Davies H.W., Kennedy S.M., Marion S.A., Leung V. |
| Title |
Determinants of exposure to inhalable particulate, wood dust, resin acids, and monoterpenes in a lumber mill environment |
| Bibliographic information |
May 1999, Vol.43, No.4, p.247-255. 11 ref. |
| Abstract |
Respirable particulate, resin acid and monoterpene exposures were measured, and wood dust exposures estimated in a lumber mill. Potential determinants of exposure were documented, including weather conditions, tree species, wood conditions, jobs, tasks, equipment used, and certain control measures. Geometric mean concentrations were 0.98mg/m3 for respirable particulate, 0.49mg/m3 for wood dust, 8.04µg/m3 for resin acids, and 1.11mg/m3 for total monoterpenes. Spruce and pine produced higher exposures than alpine fir or mixed tree species. Sawing wood in the primary breakdown areas of the mill was the main contributor to monoterpene exposures. Cleaning up sawdust, planing kiln-dried lumber and driving mobile equipment in the yard substantially increased exposures to both respirable particulate and estimated wood dust. Jobs at the front end of the sawmill where primary breakdown of the logs takes place had lower exposures. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
wood dust; terpenes; sawmilling industry; exposure evaluation; respirable dust |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
personal sampling; weather; trees; determination in air; in-plant transport; cross-sectional study; natural resins |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Woodworking industry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
Lumber and the woodworking industry
Exposure evaluation
Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons
Woodworking industry
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