A novel local ventilation system to reduce the levels of formaldehyde exposure during a gross anatomy dissection course and its evaluation using real-time monitoring

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 450-453

  Yamato, Hiroshi ^a,c   Nakashima, Tamiji ^b   Kikuta, Akio ^b   Kunugita, Naoki ^a   Arashidani, Keiichi ^a   Nagafuchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Tanaka, Isamu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b West Indies

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy dissection; Formaldehyde; Local ventilation; Real time monitoring; Sick house syndrome; Working environment

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANATOMY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISINFECTANTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VENTILATION;

EID: 26444479394     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.450     Document Type: Article

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