Relationship between acetone exposure concentration and health effects in acetate fiber plant workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-153

  Satoh, Toshihiko ^a   Omae, Kazuyuki ^b   Nakashima, Hiroshi ^b   Takebayashi, Toru ^b   Matsumura, Hiroshi ^c   Kawai, Toshio ^c   Nakaza, Masahiro ^d   Sakurai, Haruhiko ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetone; Adverse health effects; Epidemiology; Exposure response relationship; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; EYE IRRITATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MONITOR; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODOR; REACTION TIME; SHIFT WORKER; SYMPTOM; URINE LEVEL; VERTIGO; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029892210     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00381623     Document Type: Article

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