Residential and commercial painters’ exposure to lead during surface preparation

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-28

  Scholz, Peter F ^a   Materna, Barbara L ^a   Harrington, David ^a   Uratsu, Connie ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; FACE MASK; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PAINTER; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CALIFORNIA; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; RISK FACTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0036159514     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110208984687     Document Type: Article

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