Prediction of an Occupational Exposure Limit for a Mixture on the Basis of Its Components: Application to Metalworking Fluids

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-244

  Krystofiak, Sharon P ^a   Schaper, Michelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkanolamides; Metalworking fluids; Potassium soap; Respiratory irritation; Sodium sulfonate; Triazine

Indexed keywords

ALKANOLAMINE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; TRIAZINE;

ARTICLE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LUNG DISEASE; METAL INDUSTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METALLURGY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 1542580480     PISSN: 15298663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119691014954     Document Type: Article

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