Should styrene be sampled on the left or right shoulder? - An important question in employee self-assessment

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 529-533

  Eriksson, Kåre ^a   Liljelind, Ingrid ^b   Fahlén, Jessica ^b   Lampa, Erik ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breathing zone; Diffusive sampling; Inhalation; Occupational exposure monitoring; Reinforced plastics industry; Styrene

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; VAPORS;

BREATHING ZONES; DIFFUSIVE SAMPLING; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE MONITORING; REINFORCED PLASTICS INDUSTRY;

STYRENE;

STYRENE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SELF EVALUATION; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STYRENE;

EID: 23944478682     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mei025     Document Type: Article

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