Monitoring exposure to solvent vapour in the workplace using a video-visualization technique

Noise and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Walsh, P T ^a   Clark, R D R ^a   Flaherty, S ^a   Plant, I J ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dry cleaning; Peak exposure; Photo ionization detector; Solvents; Tetrachloroethene; Video visualization

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; IONIZATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL MONITOR; VIDEORECORDING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 17444371827     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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