Results of the Massachusetts methylene chloride end-users survey

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-137

  Roelofs, Cora R ^a   Ellenbecker, Michael J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering Controls; Massachusetts; Methylene Chloride; Toxics Use Reduction

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MASSACHUSETTS; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 0037319783     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301433     Document Type: Article

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