Occupational exposure to volatile organic compounds and mitigation by push-pull local exhaust ventilation in printing plants

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 540-547

  Leung, Michael K H ^a   Liu, Chun Ho ^a   Chan, Alan H S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Printing; Push pull local exhaust ventilation (LEV); Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXHAUST GAS; FLOW RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRINTING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRINTING; SOLVENTS; VENTILATION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 32044473035     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.540     Document Type: Article

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