title: [Fly ash and its biological effects. 3. Exposure to dust of workers in the energy-generating industry (power plants and thermoelectric power stations)].
abstract: An evaluation of exposure to dust of workers employed at typical work-stands in power industry plants was made. Mean concentrations of respirable dust determined at 14 different work-posts range from 0.45 to 8.95 mg/m3, and of total dust from 1.55 to 85.0 mg/m3. Mean content of free crystalline silica in dust samples is less than 10%. At the work-stands where ash dust was encountered, the presence of respirable fibres at concentration below 0.2 fibre/cm3 was observed. In all ash samples alpha-quartz and mullite were found: in some of them also kaolinite and orthoclase were traced. Only at five out of all 14 work-stands examined mean concentration of respirable dust was lower than the hygienic standard value.
authors.affiliation: Z Zakładu Aerozoli Instytutu Medycyny Pracy w Lodzi.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wojtczak
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bielichowska
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stroszejn-Mrowca
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tenerowicz
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002244:Carbon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D060729:Coal Ash; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D010316:Particle Size; D052638:Particulate Matter; D011044:Poland; D011210:Power Plants / Q000592:standards*; D011791:Quartz / Q000009:adverse effects; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012829:Silicosis / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D060729:Coal Ash; D004391:Dust; D052638:Particulate Matter; D011791:Quartz; D002244:Carbon; D012822:Silicon Dioxide
vernacular_title: Popioły lotne i ich działanie biologiczne. 3. Narazenie na pył pracowników zatrudnionych w zakładach energetyki (elektrowniach i elektrociepłowniach).