As a part of a series of epidemiological studies of railroad workers, measurements were made to characterize workers' exposures to diesel exhaust. Since diesel exhaust is not a single compound, an exposure marker was sought. The personal exposures to respirable particulate matter (RPM) of over 530 w
Estimation of the diesel exhaust exposures of railroad workers: II. National and historical exposures
β Scribed by Susan R. Woskie; Thomas J. Smith; S. Katharine Hammond; Marc B. Schenker; Eric Garshick; Frank E. Speizer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 635 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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