Emissions of some organochlorine compounds in experimental aluminum degassing with hexachloroethane

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 178-183

  Westberg, Håkan B ^a,b   Seldén, Anders I ^a,b   Bellander, Tom ^c,d  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROPHENOL; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROETHANE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030975720     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10389485     Document Type: Article

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