Evaluation and control of perchloroethylene exposures during dry cleaning

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-132

  Earnest, Gary S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LAUNDRY; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029976010     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1996.10389307     Document Type: Article

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