Concepts of skin protection: Considerations for the evaluation and terminology of the performance of skin protective equipment

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 425-434

  Brouwer, Derk H ^a   Aitken, Robert J ^b   Oppl, Reinhard ^c   Cherrie, John W ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Eurofins Medinet Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure parameters; Protection factor; Skin exposure; Skin protection; Skin protective equipment; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; LANGUAGE; MATERIALS TESTING; NOMENCLATURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN PROTECTION; WORKPLACE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MASKS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERMEABILITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 24144444523     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620500220453     Document Type: Article

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