Exposure assessment on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for tollway station workers via direct and indirect approaches

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 294-300

  Lee, Ching Chang ^a   Chen, Mei Ru ^a   Shih, Tung Sheng ^b   Tsai, Perng Jy ^a   Lai, Ching Huang ^c   Liou, Saou Hsing ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Tollway station booth attendants; Vehicle flow rate; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHAUST GAS; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKER;

EID: 0036710469     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.44.294     Document Type: Article

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