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Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 433-444

Assessing the health implications for healthcare workers of regulatory changes eliminating locally developed occupational exposure limits in favor of TLVs: An evidence-based bipartite approach

Author keywords

British Columbia; Occupational exposure limits; Regulatory policy; Threshold limit values

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ENFLURANE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HALOTHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

EID: 14344264581     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2004.10.4.433     Document Type: Review
Times cited : (7)

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