Health risks and occupational exposure to volatile anaesthetics - A review with a systematic approach

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-186

  Nilsson, Roland ^a,b   Björdal, Chatarina ^a   Andersson, Matts ^a   Björdal, Jörn ^a   Nyberg, Anna ^a   Welin, Bengt ^a   Willman, Ania ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health risks; Nursing; Occupational exposure; Systematic review; Volatile anaesthestics

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIST; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCREENING;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATING ROOMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 13444262169     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01032.x     Document Type: Review

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