Risks of occupational exposure to waste-anesthetic gases

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 41, Issue 111, 1997, Pages 237-239

  Sessler, D I ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; AMALGAM; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC GAS; DESFLURANE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; RITODRINE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; ANESTHESIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031301087     PISSN: 05152720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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