Confronting workplace exposure to chemicals with LCA: Examples of trichloroethylene and perchlorpethylene in metal degreasing and dry cleaning

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7741-7748

  Hellweg, Stefanie ^a   Demou, Evangelia ^a   Scheringer, Martin ^a   Mckone, Thomas E ^b   Hungerbuhler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHYLENE; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; HEALTH CARE; LIFE CYCLE; TOXICITY;

CRADLE; ENVIRONMENTAL-HEALTH IMPACT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PERCHLOROETHYLENE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

METAL; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; LIFE CYCLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STEADY STATE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORKPLACE; AIR POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; LAUNDRY; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAUNDERING; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 26044459627     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es047944z     Document Type: Article

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