Do existing empirical models for welding fumes estimate exposure to ultrafine particles among canadian welding apprentices?

J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Apr;56(4):e9-e11. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000134.

Authors

Eva Suarthana¹, Maximilien Debia, Igor Burstyn, Hans Kromhout

Affiliation

¹ Research Centre, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal Montreal, Quebec, Canada Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Canada Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Université de Montréal, Canada Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Penn. Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

PMID: 24709774
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000134

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Air Pollutants, Occupational / analysis*
Canada
Humans
Inhalation Exposure / analysis*
Models, Theoretical*
Particle Size
Risk Factors
Smoke*
Welding*

Substances

Air Pollutants, Occupational
Smoke