Assessment of the health hazard associated with the use of smoke tubes in healthcare facilities

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 172-176

  Jensen, Paul Arthur ^a   Hayden, Charles S ^a   Edward Burroughs, G ^a   Hughes, Robert T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROOM VENTILATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031921134     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10390058     Document Type: Article

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