Evaluation of the effectiveness of personal protective equipment against occupational exposure to N,N-dimethylformamide

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 518-525

  Wang, S M ^a   Shih, T S ^b,c   Huang, Y S ^d   Chueh, M R ^d   Chou, J S ^b   Chang, H Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Dermal exposure; Gloves; N,N Dimethylformamide; Protective effectiveness

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RESPIRATORS; RUBBER PRODUCTS;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DERMAL EXPOSURE; GLOVES; PROTECTIVE EFFECTIVENESS;

SAFETY DEVICES;

N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RESPIRATORS; RUBBER PRODUCTS; SAFETY DEVICES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SAFETY; SKIN; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; EXPOSURE; GLOVE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SKIN; SKIN PENETRATION; URINE; VENTILATOR; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SKIN;

EID: 33750526037     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.05.072     Document Type: Article

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