Source reduction for prevention of methylene chloride hazards: Cases from four industrial sectors

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-15

  Roelofs, Cora R ^a   Ellenbecker, Michael J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; BICARBONATE; DETERGENT; DICHLOROMETHANE; ESTER; FREON; N METHYLPYRROLIDONE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SHIPPING; SOURCE REDUCTION; STANDARD; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; DANGEROUS GOODS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MASSACHUSETTS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 3042842249     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-2-1     Document Type: Article

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