Quantitative self-assessment of exposure to solvents among shoe repair men

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-51

  Hertsenberg, Selma ^a   Brouwer, Derk ^a   Lurvink, Marc ^a   Rubingh, Carina ^a   Rijnders, Esther ^a   Tielemans, Erik ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Passive sampler; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOLVENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENIST; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SHOE REPAIR WORKERS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ORGANIC SOLVENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SELF EVALUATION; SHOE INDUSTRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SHOES; SOLVENTS; TIME;

EID: 33846230173     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel058     Document Type: Article

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