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Occupational exposure to carbon black in its manufacture / K. Gardiner... [et al.]

Sumario: As part of such an epidemiological investigation survey involving the measurement both of respirable and of total inhalable carbon black was undertaken in 18 plants in seven European countries between mid-1987 and mid-1989. A total of 1298 respirable samples (SIMPEDS cyclone) and 1317 total inhalble samples (IOM head) were taken and deemed of sufficient quality for inclusion in the study. The distributions of the time-weighted average values were assessed and found to be best described by a log-normal distribution, and so exposure is characterized by geometric means and standard deviations. The data are presented in terms of 13 separate job titles for both dust fractions and shows a wide variation between job titles, with the highest mean exposure experienced by the site cleaners, and 30% of the samples taken from the warehouse packers being in excess of the relevant countries' occupational exposure limits for total inhalable dust

En: The Annals of occupational hygiene. - Oxford [etc.]. - nº 5, October 1992 ; p. 477-496

1. Higiene industrial . 2. Contaminantes químicos . 3. Monóxido de carbono . 4. Dióxido de azufre . 5. Carbón de humo . 6. Contaminación atmosférica . 7. Muestreos . 8. Inhalación . 9. Vías respiratorias . I. Gardiner, Kerry . II. Title. III. Título: The Annals of occupational hygiene.