Residual perchloroethylene in dry-cleaned acetate: The effect of pressing and extent of inter-dry-cleaner variability

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-218

  Brand, Kevin P ^a   Jang, Christine J ^a   Park, Ju Hyeong ^a   Serrano, Paulina I ^a   Weker, Robert A ^a   Lee, Kiyoung ^b   Yanagisawa, Yukio ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DRY CLEANING; HEALTH HAZARDS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TEXTILE PRESSING;

ACETATE; PERCHLOROETHYLENE;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON DISULFIDE; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLOTHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; LAUNDRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033081963     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.1999.10463787     Document Type: Article

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