Inhalation Exposure to Formaldehyde: An Overview of Its Toxicology, Epidemiology, Monitoring, and Control

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1984, Pages 778-785

  Falk, Henry ^d   Elliott, Larry J ^b   Blade, Leo ^b  

^a DSDTT ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d Chronic Disease Prevention Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR SAMPLING; CARCINOGENICITY; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INHALATION; INTOXICATION; MONITORING; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOXICOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0021686168     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298668491400601     Document Type: Article

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