Occupational exposure to sevoflurane during sedation of adult patients

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 174-177

  Hoerauf, Klaus H ^a   Hartmann, Thomas ^a   Zavrski, Ana ^a   Adel, Shahram ^a   Burger, Hans Jörg ^a   Koinig, Herbert ^a   Zimpfer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure; Regional anesthesia; Sedation; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

ENFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GAS FLOW; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEDATION; SPECTROMETER; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; VAPORIZER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033047573     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050357     Document Type: Article

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