Occupational exposure to waste anesthetic gases during ENT surgery;Belastung des Operationspersonals durch Narkosegase bei HNO-Eingriffen

HNO

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 567-571

  Hoerauf, K ^a   Hosemann, W ^a   Wild, K ^a   Hobbhahn, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

anesthetic gases; ENT surgery; isofluran, nitrous oxide; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; SIDE EFFECT; TERATOGENESIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NITROUS OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PREGNANCY; RHINOPLASTY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029848798     PISSN: 00176192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001060050055     Document Type: Article

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