Occupational exposures during the World Trade Center disaster response

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 247-253

  Wallingford, Kenneth M ^a   Snyder, Erin M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

asbestos; cadmium; carbon monoxide; occupational exposure; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ASBESTOS; CADMIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; GASOLINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INORGANIC ACID; MERCURY; METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; BUILDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXHAUST GAS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPIRABLE PARTICULATE NOT OTHERWISE REGULATED; ROOM VENTILATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIRCRAFT; ASBESTOS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METALS, HEAVY; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RESCUE WORK; TERRORISM; VENTILATION;

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EID: 0035384491     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233701th112oa     Document Type: Article

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