Worker exposure and health risks from volatile organic compounds utilized in the paint manufacturing industry of Kenya

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1035-1042

  Purvis, K L ^a   Jumba, I O ^a   Wandiga, S ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Kammen, D M ^a  

^a The Claremont Colleges   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene Exposure; Developing Countries; Kenya; Occupational Exposure; Paint Manufacturing; Risk Assessment; Volatile Organic Compounds

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; PAINT; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; KENYA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; KENYA; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PAINT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLVENTS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0035192692     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732201753214134     Document Type: Article

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