Exposure to cyclic anhydrides in welding: A new allergen - Chlorendic anhydride

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 765-767

  Pfäffli, Pirkko ^a   Hämeilä, Mervi ^a   Keskinen, Helena ^a   Wirmoila, Ritva ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acid Anhydride; Chlorinated Anhydride; Chlorinated Polyester; Fire Retardant; Hexachlorocyclopentadiene; Hydrogen Chloride; Paint Removal; Phthalic Anhydride

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; ALLERGEN; CHLORENDIC ACID; HEXACHLOROCYCLOPENTADIENE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PAINT; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE; POLITEF; POLYESTER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; FILM; FUME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELDING;

ACETIC ANHYDRIDES; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELDING;

EID: 0036840424     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220290096005     Document Type: Article

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