Estimating the contribution of individual work tasks to room concentration: Method applied to embalming

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 599-609

  Bennett, James S ^a   Feigley, Charles E ^a   Underhill, Dwight W ^a   Drane, Wanzer ^a   Payne, Theresa A ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^b   Herrick, Robert F ^c   Utterback, David F ^d   Hayes, Richard B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

embalming; emission rates; exposure; formaldehyde; mathematical model; nonlinear regression

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREATHING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTHUMOUS CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOM VENTILATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0029900697     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119691014648     Document Type: Article

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