The need for empirically derived permeation data for personal protective equipment: The death of Dr. Karen E. Wetterhahn

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 233-236

  Blayney, M B ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimethylmercury; Material Safety Data Sheets; Permeation; Personal Protective Equipment

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DANGEROUS GOODS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERMEABILITY; SKIN ABSORPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035138891     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732201460389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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