Occupational hygiene considerations in the development of a structured approach to select chemical control strategies

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 391-400

  Maidment, S C ^a  

^a Magdalen House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; HEALTH HAZARD; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032143941     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(98)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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