Survey of Waste Comminglers’ VOC Exposures

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1298-1306

  Ryan, Timothy J ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; IMPURITIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

WASTE CONTAINER;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DICHLOROMETHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAINER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLOSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS MASK; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; ROOM VENTILATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LIGUSTICUM PORTERI;

EID: 0036853948     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2002.10470862     Document Type: Article

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