Technical, occupational health and environmental aspects of metal degreasing with aqueous cleaners

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 441-459

  Lavoué, Jérôme ^a   Bégin, Denis ^a   Gérin, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aqueous cleaners; Detergency; Environment; Metal degreasing; Occupational health; Surfactants; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; DETERGENTS; EMULSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHERS; ETHYLENE; GLYCOLS; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; SAPONIFICATION; SILICATES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER; WETTING;

AQUEOUS CLEANERS;

METAL CLEANING;

ALKALI METAL; ALKYLBENZENE; ALKYLPHENOL; ANIONIC SURFACTANT; DETERGENT; EDETIC ACID; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HYDROXIDE; LIMONENE; METAL; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; OIL; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE; SOLVENT; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT; WETTING AGENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEANING; ECOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MICELLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SAPONIFICATION; SOLUBILIZATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

DETERGENTS; HUMANS; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0042737772     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meg057     Document Type: Review

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