Effectiveness of downdraft ventilation in morgues

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-8

  Korczynski, R E ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030053550     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1996.10389114     Document Type: Note

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