Margins of safety provided by COSHH essentials and the ILO chemical control toolkit

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-156

  Jones, Rachael M ^a   Nicas, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Control Toolkit, control banding; COSHH Essentials; Safety margins

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL TOOLKIT, CONTROL BANDING; COSHH ESSENTIALS; SAFETY MARGINS; CHEMICAL CONTROLS; CONTROL BANDING; HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVES; INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; SAFETY MARGIN; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TOXICITY; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; HAZARDS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

HEALTH HAZARDS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; HAZARD; LABOR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXICOLOGY; VAPOR; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 32244445962     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mei054     Document Type: Article

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