Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Respiratory exposure"
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Assessment of the occupational exposure to cobalt at a base metal refinery
(2015)Objectives: The objectives for this study were (i) to assess the respiratory exposure of base metal refinery workers to cobalt sulphate; (ii) to assess the dermal exposure of these workers to cobalt sulphate; (iii) to ... -
Emissions of and exposure to hazardous chemical substances from selected additive manufacturing technologies
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)Background: Additive Manufacturing (AM) is the process of joining feedstock materials one layer at a time in order to produce objects from a three dimensional (3D) computer aided design (CAD). Powder bed fusion (PBF) and ... -
Exposure of workers to nickel, copper and lead in a base metal recovery plant and laboratory
(North-West University, 2011)Objectives: The objectives of this study were to establish the extent of dermal and respiratory exposure at selected locations at a South African platinum mine. The study included exposure to lead oxide fumes in an assay ... -
Underground mine workers' respiratory exposure to selected gasses after the blasting process in a platinum mine
(2013)Ammonium Nitrate-Fuel Oil (ANFO) is the explosive generally used in the mining industry to blast ore from the rock face. The use and detonation of ANFO explosives in an underground mine is an intrinsically hazardous process. ...
