Measuring Diesel Particulate Matter in Underground Mines Using Submicron Elemental Carbon as a Surrogate

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• Personal Author:
  Bugarski, Aleksandar D. ; Mischler, Steven E. ; Noll, James D. ; Schnakenberg, George H. Jr.
• Description:
  Elemental carbon (EC) is used as a surrogate for regulating the exposure to diesel particulate matter (DPM) of underground metal/nonmetal miners. EC was chosen as a surrogate because EC is selective to DPM and is a major component of DPM. Using EC as a surrogate also gives one the advantages of no sampling artifacts and being able to sample at all locations in the mine. Currently, EC represents DPM well in underground mines. Some control technologies have been shown to possibly alter the relationship between DPM and EC and characteristics of DPM. Therefore, future work will investigate the relationship between DPM and EC as new control technologies are implemented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Carcinogens Diesel-emissions Eye-irritants Health-hazards Metal-mining Miners Mining-industry Nonmetal-mining Occupational-health Sampling Sampling-methods Underground-miners Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  0415401488
• Publisher:
  Taylor & Francis Group
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  105-110
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030289
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 11th U.S./North American Mine Ventilation Symposium, University Park, Pennsylvania, June 5-7, 2006. Mutmansky JM, Ramani RV. eds., London, U.K.: Taylor & Francis Group, 2006 Jun; :105-110
• Editor(s):
  Mutmansky JM; Ramani RV
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Exposure Assessment Methods
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221199/cdc_221199_DS1.pdf
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