Indoor use of concrete saws and other gas-powered equipment: Analysis of reported carbon monoxide poisoning cases in Colorado

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-54

  Hawkes, Allison P ^a   McCammon, Jane B ^b,c   Hoffman, Richard E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^c Colorado Dept Pub Hlth Environ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE;

ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; SMOKING; WORKROOM AIR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0031890554     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199801000-00010     Document Type: Article

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