Tetrachloroethylene Emissions and Exposure in Dry Cleaning

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1671-1675

  Raisanen J ^a   Niemela R ^a   Rosenberg, C ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CHARCOAL; DRY CLEANING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGE (TWA);

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHARCOAL; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LAUNDRY; MACHINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035211695     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2001.10464396     Document Type: Article

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