Workers' exposures and potential health risks to air toxics in a petrochemical complex assessed by improved methodology

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-142

  Chan, Chang Chuan ^a   Shie, Ruei Hao ^a,b   Chang, Ta Yuan ^a   Tsai, Dai Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air toxics; FTIR; Occupational; Petrochemical; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; 2 BUTANONE; 2 PROPANOL; ACRYLONITRILE; BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLOROFORM; ETHYLENE OXIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; TOLUENE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TAIWAN;

EID: 29444435739     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0028-9     Document Type: Article

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