Assessment of occupational methyl tertiary butyl ether vapor exposures to petroleum refinery and transport loading rack facility employees

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-57

  Lillquist, Dean R ^a   Zeigle, Kevin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031935484     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10389546     Document Type: Article

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