The Annals of Occupational Hygiene 1997: Vol 41 Table of Contents

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Title Section and Volume Contents for Volume 41 (1997)
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Dr N. Konyama, Chief, Department of Work Environment Evaluation, National Institute of Industrial
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VOLUME 41 CONTENTS
NUMBER 1
The Quebec asbestos cohort
F. D. K. LIDDELI Magic, menace, myth and malice
F. D. K. LippeELtt, A. D. MCDONALD The 1891—1920 birth cohort of Quebec chrysotile miners and
and J. C. MCDONALD millers: development from 1904 and mortality to 1992
K. Luoto, M. HOLOPAINEN, Comparison of cytotoxicity of man-made vitreous fibres
M. SARATAHO and K. SAVOLAINEN
J. A. Hoskins, R. C. BROWN, The construction and validation of a high containment nose-
K. CAIN, A. CLOUTER only rodent inhalation facility
C. E. HouGHTON, C. A. BOWSKILI
and L. R. HIBBs
R. H. Lyves, L. L. Kuprer and A lognormal distribution-based exposure assessment method
S. M. RAPPAPORT for unbalanced data
A. D. MAYNARD, C. NORTHAGE, Measurement of short-term exposure to airborne soluble
M. HEMINGWAY and S. D. BRADLEY platinum in the platinum industry
J. H. DENNIS, S. B. MORTAZAVI, The effects of welding parameters on ultra-violet light emis-
M. J. FRENCH, P. J. HEwitt and sions, ozone and Cr¥! formation in MIG welding
C. R. REDDING
R. BHATTACHARYYA and L. A. Topp 105 Spatial and temporal visualization of gases and vapours in air
using computed tomography. Numerical studies
NUMBER 2
C. A. SouTAR, B. G. MILLER, Assessment of human risks from exposure to low toxicity
N. Greco, A. D. JONES, occupational dusts
R. T. CULLEN and R. E. BOLTON
L. C. KENNY, R. AITKEN, A collaborative European study of personal inhalable aerosol
C. CHALMERS, J. F. FABRIES, sampler performance
E. GONZALEZ-FERNANDEZ,
H. KROMHOUT, G. LIDEN,
D. MARK, G. RIEDIGER and
V. Propt
G. WIESLANDER, D. NORBACK Airway symptoms among house painters in relation to exposure
and C. EDLING to volatile organic compounds (VOC)—a longitudinal study
M. KuILUNEN, J. UTELA, Exposure to soluble nickel in electrolytic nickel refining
IT. RANTANEN, H. Norppa,
A. TOSSAVAINEN, M. KOPONEN,
H. PAAKKULAINEN and A. AITIO
M. KIILUNEN, A. AITIO and Occupational exposure to nickel salts in electrolytic plating
A. TOSSAVAINEN
J. KILDES@ and B. H. NIELSEN Exposure assessment of airborne microorganisms by fluorescence
microscopy and image processing
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A. SEARI A comparative study of the clearance ofr espirable para-aramid,
chrysotile and glass fibres from rat lungs
W.-J. VAN MUISWINKEL, Monitoring and modelling of exposures to ethanol in hairdressing
H. KROMHOUT, T. ONOS and salons
W. KERSEMAEKERS
NUMBER 3
A. MORGAN Acid leaching studies of chrysotile asbestos from mines in the
Coalinga region of California and from Quebec and British
Columbia
A. MorGAN and R. J. TALBOT Acid leaching studies of neutron-irradiated chrysotile asbestos
S. KUMAGAI, Y. KUSAKA and Log-normality of distribution of occupational exposure
S. GoTo concentrations to cobalt
R. Housa, D. HEEDERIK and Grouping strategies for exposure to inhalable dust, wheat
H. KROMHOUT allergens and a-amylase allergens in bakeries
M. W. RoFt Dermal exposure of amateur or non-occupational users to
wood-preservative fluids applied by brushing outdoors
M. W. ROFF Accuracy and reproducibility of calibrations on the skin using
the FIVES fluorescence monitor
E. M. NIELSEN, N. O. BREUM, Bioaerosol exposure in waste collection: a comparative study
B. H. NIELSEN, H. WURTZ, on the significance of collection equipment, type of waste and
O. M. POULSEN and U. MIDTGAARD seasonal variation
V. FISEROVA-BERGEROVA and Timing of sample collection for biological monitoring of
J. VLACH occupational exposure
K. Y. K. CHUNG, R. J. AITKEN and Development and testing of a new sampler for welding fume
D. R. BRADLEY
P. SPANEL, J. COCKER, B. RAJAN Validation of the SIFT technique for trace gas analysis of
and D. SMITH breath using the syringe injection technique
NUMBER 4
Editor’s Note
Letters to the Editor
W. J. NICHOLSON ‘Magic, menace, myth and malice’
M. GREENBERG ‘Magic, menace, myth and malice’
Hugh Dalrymple, President, The British Occupational Hygiene
Society, 1996-1997
A.-L. SUNESSON, C.-A. NILSSON, Production of volatile metabolites from Streptomyces
R. CARLSON, G. BLOMQUIST and albidoflavus cultivated on gypsum board and tryptone glucose
B. ANDERSSON extract agar—influence of temperature, oxygen and carbon
dioxide levels
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P. H. REINKE and L. M. BROSSEAU Development of a model to predict air contaminant
concentrations following indoor spills of volatile liquids
A. P. BIANCHI and M. S. VARNEY Volatilisation processes in wastewater treatment plants as a
source of potential exposure to VOCs
R. Cary, S. CLARKE and J. DELIC Effects of combined exposure to noise and toxic substances
—critical review oft he literature
J. MALCHAIRE and A. PIETTE A comprehensive strategy for the assessment of noise exposure
and risk of hearing impairment
C. PERETZ, P. GOLDBERG, The variability of exposure over time: a prospective longitudinal
E. KAHAN, S. GRADY and A. GOREN study
Book Reviews
D. SAGAR The Manager’s Guide to Control of Hazardous Substances, by
BOHS TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
T. L. OGDEN Occupational Hygiene, 2nd Edition. Edited by J. M.
HARRINGTON and K. GARDINER
NUMBER 5
D. W. STANTON Obituary, R. E. G. RENDALL, 1921-1995
K. TAKAGI, S. KUMAGAI, Application of inverse Gaussian distribution to occupational
I. MATSUNAGA and Y. KUSAKA exposure data
Z. ADAMIS, E. TATRAI, K HONMA, A study on lung toxicity of respirable hard metal dusts in rats
J. KARPATI and G. UNGVARY
E. GOELEN, M. LAMBRECHTS European sampling intercomparisons for aromatic and
and F. GEYSKENS chlorinated hydrocarbons in workplace air
G. S. HALL, C. H. RIcE, A comparison of exposures to refractory ceramic fibres over
J. E. Lockey, G. K. LEMASTERS multiple work shifts
and P. S. GARTSIDE
BD: . Dyson, M. A. BUTLER, The de-vitrification of alumino-silicate ceramic fibre materials—
Ri . HUGHES, R. FISHER and the kinetics of the formation of different crystalline phases
G. W. HIcKs
N.S. SErxas, N. J. HEYER, Quantification of historical dust exposures in the diatomaceous
E. A. E. WELP and H. CHECKOWAY earth industry
Short Communication
T. SCHNEIDER, G. W. GIBBS, Testing fibre release from insulation products: report on a
G. BURDETT, U. DRAEGER, workshop
H. D. JUHL, M. ScHUMM,
R. C. Brown, G. REVELL
and A. TOSSAVAINEN
Contents
NUMBER 6
I. BURSTYN, K. TESCHKE and 609 Exposure levels and determinants of inhaiable dust exposure in
S. M. KENNEDY bakeries
A. LENNERT, F. NIELSEN and 25 Evaluation of evaporation and concentration distribution models—
N. O. BREUM a test chamber study
W. KC. MorGan, R. B. REGER Health effects of diesel emissions
and D. M. TUCKER
P. J. A. BoRM 5 Toxicity and occupational health hazards of coal fly ash (CFA).
A review of data and comparison to coal mine dust
N. V. MCCULLOUGH, Collection of three bacterial aerosols by respiratoanrd surgical mask
L. M. BROSSEAU and D. VESLEY filters under varying conditions of flow and relative humidity
K. J. M. Niven, J. W. CHERRIE and 691 Estimation of exposure from spilled glutaraldehyde solutions in a
J. SPENCER hospital setting
J.C. MCDONALD and 699 Chrysotile, tremolite and carcinogenicity
A. D. MCDONALD
A. D. McDONALD, B. W. CASE, Mesothelioma in Quebec chrysotile miners and millers:
A. CHURG, A. DUFRESNE, epidemiology and aetiology
G. W. Gisss, P. SEBASTIEN and
J.C. MCDONALD
Short Communication
A. SEARL and R. T. CULLEN An enzymatic tissue digestion method for fibre biopersistence
studies
Letter to the Editor
J. J. VAN HEMMEN : Dermal exposure and risk assessment
Book Reviews
R. J. SHERWOOD a Modern Industrial Hygiene, Volume 1. Recognition and Evaluation
of Chemical Agents. By J. L. PERKINS
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