Material safety data sheets: Are they reliable in identifying human hazards?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-38

  Bernstein, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

CONTACT DERMATITIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; DATA BASE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFORMATION; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036968929     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.124891     Document Type: Review

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