How clean is clean enough? maintaining thermal protective clothing under field conditions in the oil and gas sector

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-254

  Crown, Elizabeth M ^a   Feng, Aifen ^b   Xu, Xia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Flammability; Protective clothing

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BURN; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LAUNDRY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECYCLING; STANDARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; LAUNDERING; PETROLEUM; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 16544371688     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2004.11076612     Document Type: Article

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