A comparison of U.S. and Japanese occupational exposure limits for chemical substances and biological monitoring values

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 457-462

  Takebayashi, Torn ^a   Omae, Kazuyuki ^a   Sherwood, R J ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Honey Bottom   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2 METHYLANILINE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ACRYLAMIDE; BORON; CADMIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORINE; COAL; COBALT; CYCLOHEXANE; DIETHYLAMINE; ETHYLAMINE; GASOLINE; HEXANE; KAOLIN; LEAD; MERCURY; METHYLAMINE; SELENIUM; SILVER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRINITROTOLUENE; TURPENTINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANADIUM PENTOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CARCINOGENICITY; JAPAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MINERAL DUST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030002673     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1996.10389355     Document Type: Article

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