Current concerns about optical radiation safety in fluorescent magnetic particle and penetrant methods

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 364-367

  Ness, Stanley ^a   Moss, C Eugene ^b  

^a Natl Inst Occup Safety and Hlth ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EYE PROTECTION; FLUORESCENCE; HEALTH HAZARDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARDS;

'CURRENT; FLUORESCENT MAGNETIC PARTICLE; OPTICAL RADIATION SAFETY;

FLUORESCENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BLACKLIGHT EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE LIMITS; EYEWEAR; FLUORESCENT MAGNETIC PARTICLES; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE; OPTICAL RADIATION SAFETY; PENETRANT METHODS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

EID: 0030105754     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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