Substitution of organic solvent cleaning agents in the lithographic printing industry

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-90

  Bartlett, I W ^a   Dalton, A J P ^b   McGuinness, A ^a   Palmer, H ^c  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Transport and General Workers Union   (United Kingdom)

^c Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatty acid esters; Printing; Solvent; Substitution

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; GAS EMISSIONS; LITHOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OFFSET PRINTING PLATES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PRINTING PRESSES; VEGETABLE OILS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CLEANING AGENTS; LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

FATTY ACID ESTER; ORGANIC SOLVENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKIN IRRITATION;

EID: 0033082412     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(98)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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