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ArticleBiomolecules2021

Assessment of Occupational Exposure to Indium Dust for Indium-Tin-Oxide Manufacturing Workers.

Boo Wook Kim, Wonseok Cha, Sungwon Choi, Jungah Shin, Byung-Soon Choi, Miyeon Kim

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Article in Biomolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Boo Wook KimInstitute of Occupation and Environment, Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, Incheon 21417, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6869-2320
Wonseok ChaInstitute of Occupation and Environment, Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, Incheon 21417, Korea.
Sungwon ChoiInstitute of Occupation and Environment, Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, Incheon 21417, Korea.
Jungah ShinInstitute of Occupation and Environment, Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, Incheon 21417, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2345-2785
Byung-Soon ChoiInstitute of Occupation and Environment, Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, Incheon 21417, Korea.
Miyeon KimInstitute of Occupation and Environment, Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, Incheon 21417, Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

According to recent research, indium nanoparticles (NPs) are more toxic than micro-sized particles. While cases of indium lung disease have been reported worldwide, very little research has been conducted on the occupational exposure to indium NPs. Recently, an indium-related lung disease was reported in Korea, a global powerhouse for display manufacturing. In this study, we conducted an assessment ofoccupational exposure at an indium tin oxide (ITO) powder manufacturing plant, where the first case of indium lung disease in Korea occurred. Airborne dustwas obtained from a worker's breathing zone, and area sampling in the workplace environment was conducted using real-time monitoring devices. Personal samples were analyzed for the indium concentrations in total dust, respirable dust fraction, and NPs using personal NPs respiratory deposition samplers. The total indium concentration of the personal samples was lower than the threshold limit value recommended by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH TLV), which was set as occupational exposure limit (OEL). However, the respirable indium concentration exceeded the recently set ACGIH TLV for the respirable fraction of indium dust. The concentration of indium NPs ranged between 0.003 and 0.010 × 10

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DustHumansIndiumNanoparticlesOccupational ExposureParticle SizeTin CompoundsDustIndiumindium tin oxideTin Compoundsexposure assessmentindiumindium lung diseaseITOnanoparticleoccupational exposureoccupational exposure limit

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PMCPMC7998774

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