Video exposure assessments demonstrate excessive laboratory formaldehyde exposures

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 450-457

  Ryan, Timothy J ^a   Burroughs, G Edward ^b   Taylor, Katy ^a   Kovein, Ronald J ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Formaldehyde; Laboratory; PID; Video exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CAT; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DISSECTION; EYE IRRITATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK; VIDEORECORDER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANATOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OHIO; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0038103792     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301424     Document Type: Article

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