Determination of isocyanates in air using 1-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazine- impregnated filters: Long-term sampling performance and field comparison with impingers with dibutylamine

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 415-424

  Sennbro, Carl J ^a   Ekman, Jenny ^b   Lindh, Christian H ^a   Welinder, Hans ^a   Jönsson, Bo A G ^a   Tinnerberg, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diisocyanates; Isocyanic acid; Occupational exposure; Toluenediisocyanate

Indexed keywords

AIR; CYANIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

IMPREGNATED FILTERS; ISOCYNATES;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

1 (2 METHOXYPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; 2,6 TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; BUTYLAMINE; DIBUTYLAMINE; ISOCYANATE; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; FILTER; IMPINGER METHOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BUTYLAMINES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ISOCYANATES; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIPERAZINES;

2 ,4-TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; DIISOCYANATES; IMPREGNATED FILTERS; ISOCYANIC ACIDS; LONG TERM MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHORT-TERM MONITORING; TOLUENEDIISOCYANATE;

EID: 3342974610     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meh035     Document Type: Article

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