Investigation on the exposure of hairdressers to chemical agents

Environment International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 433-439

  Van Der Wal, Jan F ^a   Hoogeveen, Ank W ^a   Moons, André M M ^a   Wouda, Paul ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BUTANE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; ETHANOL; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; ODORS; PROPANE; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES (TLV);

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; BUTANE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROPANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; DUST; HAIRDRESSER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030761795     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(97)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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