Open AccessA cohort study of Swedish man-made vitreous fiber (MMVF) production workers, part 1: fiber exposure assessment in the rock/slag wool production industry 1938--1990
Author(s) -
Nils Plato,
Staffan Krantz,
Per Gustavsson,
Thomas J. Smith,
Peter Westerholm
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.48
Subject(s) - wool , fiber , occupational exposure , production (economics) , environmental science , zoology , environmental health , medicine , materials science , composite material , economics , biology , macroeconomics
A multiplicative model was developed to assess past exposure to respirable fibers among rock wool and slag wool production workers in Sweden in 1938-1990.