Korean J Prev Med.  1998 Mar;31(1):104-111.

A Study on the Size of Dust in Workplaces of a Shipyard

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  • 1Department of Occupatinal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ulsan University, Korea.

Abstract

To obtain the basic information that can be used as a factor for explaining the diversity of welders' pneumoconiosis, the authors measured the concentrations of dust according to the size of dust in 71 workplaces of a shipyard where welders' pneumoconiosis have occurred. The concentrations of dust according to the size of dust showed no difference between workplaces regardless of kinds of work.

Keyword

welders' pneumoconiosis; size of dust; shipyard

MeSH Terms

Dust*
Pneumoconiosis
Dust
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