On-site monitoring of personal exposure to tetrachloroethylene at dry cleaning establishments

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-292

  Keen, C ^a   Dabill, D W ^a   Groves, J A ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHEMICALS; CLEANING; COLORIMETRY; EVALUATION; MONITORING; SOLVENTS; VAPORS;

DELTA VAPOUR DETECTION SYSTEM; DRAEGER DIFFUSIVE COLORIMETRIC GAS DETECTOR TUBE; DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENTS; SABRE GAS DETECTION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPOR;

EID: 0030176027     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4878(95)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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