AIRBORNE TUNGSTEN-OXIDE WHISKERS IN A HARD-METAL INDUSTRY - PRELIMINARY FINDINGS

Authors
SAHLE W LASZLO I KRANTZ S CHRISTENSSON B
Citation
W. Sahle et al., AIRBORNE TUNGSTEN-OXIDE WHISKERS IN A HARD-METAL INDUSTRY - PRELIMINARY FINDINGS, The Annals of occupational hygiene, 38(1), 1994, pp. 37-44
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology,"Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
The Annals of occupational hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034878
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
37 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4878(1994)38:1<37:ATWIAH>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
In spite of an increased risk of death due to pulmonary fibrosis among workers in the hard-metal industry, only one other publication [SAHLE , Chest (Lett.) 102, 1310 (1992)] has reported the presence of airborn e fibres in the working environment. In this study, airborne tungsten oxide fibres are observed in such an environment. The fibres are forme d and released to the environment as a by-product during the reduction stage of the raw material.