Evaluating OSHA's ethylene oxide standard: Exposure determinants in massachusetts hospitals

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 412-417

  LaMontagne, A D ^a   Kelsey, K T ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035111744     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.91.3.412     Document Type: Article

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