Exposure assessment of vinyl chloride monomer in the workplace air of Lithuanian industries

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue , 2002, Pages 456-459

  Smolianskiene, G ^a  

^a Institute of Hygiene   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Lithuania; PVC; vinyl chloride monomer

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONOMERS;

BREATHING ZONES; CANCER PREVENTION; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEN CHLORIDE; LITHUANIA; MATERIALS INDUSTRY; VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMERS;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

EID: 32544458245     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/46.suppl-1.456     Document Type: Conference Paper

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