Respirator leakage in the pharmaceutical industry of Northwest England

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 513-517

  Burgess, Gary L ^a   Mashingaidze, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fit test; Pharmaceuticals; Respirator; RPE

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RESPIRATORS;

RESPIRATOR LEAKAGE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; GAS MASK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032694491     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(99)00044-7     Document Type: Article

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