Hydrogen sulfide: UK occupational exposure limits

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 308-312

  Costigan, Michael G ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

CARCINOGENICITY; CELL RESPIRATION; EYE INJURY; FATALITY; HUMAN; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SEWER; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED KINGDOM; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EYE DISEASE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EYE DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0037374813     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.4.308     Document Type: Review

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