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Annals of Occupational Hygiene Advance Access originally published online on June 17, 2005
Annals of Occupational Hygiene 2005 49(6):453-456; doi:10.1093/annhyg/mei020
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© 2005 British Occupational Hygiene Society Published by Oxford University Press

Diesel Particulates—Recent Progress on an Old Issue

ALAN ROGERS1,* and BRIAN DAVIES2

1 Alan Rogers OH&S Pty Ltd, PO Box 2128 Clovelly, NSW 2031, Australia; 2 AEHS Pty Ltd, PO Box 159, Figtree, NSW 2525, Australia

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: arogersohs@hotkey.net.au

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Over the past 115 years the invention of a compression ignition engine by Rudolph Diesel in the 1890s has contributed significantly to the productivity of many nations, owing to the widespread use of larger diesel powered equipment in most industrial activities. The down-side in terms of occupational health has been the exposure of a large number of workers to the complex mixture of toxic, gaseous, adsorbed organics and particulate components found in the raw exhaust emissions.

Although the adverse health effects of the gaseous fraction of diesel emissions have been known for sometime, only in the last two decades has research indicated that the particulate component of the diesel exhaust has the potential to induce various health effects. In addition, it is associated with non-health aspects such as malodour, visual and nuisance pollution.

Diesel exhaust emissions were investigated >20 years by the BOHS Hygiene Standards Committee (BOHS, 1981Go). The . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   HEALTH EFFECTS AND RISK
 

   MONITORING EXPOSURES
 

   WORKPLACE EXPOSURE STANDARDS
 

   OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE CONTROL SOLUTIONS
 

   RAW EXHAUST PARTICULATE MONITORING
 

   CONCLUSION
 

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