Exposure to volatile methacrylates in dental personnel

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 302-306

  Hagberg, Stig ^a   Ljungkvist, Göran ^a   Andreasson, Harriet ^b   Karlsson, Stig ^c   Barregård, Lars ^a,d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Nordisk Institutt for Odontologiske Materialer   (Norway)

^d Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

2 hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA); Asthma; Dentistry; Methyl methacrylate (MMA); Personal sampling

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DENTIST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MEASUREMENT; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTISTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METHACRYLATES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWEDEN;

EID: 19544364144     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620590958732     Document Type: Article

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