Personal exposure level and environmental ethylene oxide gas concentration in sterilization facilities of hospitals in Japan

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 634-639

  Hori, Hajime ^a   Yahata, Katsuya ^a   Fujishiro, Kazuya ^a   Yoshizumi, Koji ^a   Li, Ding ^a   Goto, Yoshiaki ^a   Higashi, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylene oxide; Personal exposure level; Stationary sampling; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERILIZATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036721439     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220290095970     Document Type: Article

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