Worker exposure to volatile organic compounds in the vehicle repair industry

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 301-310

  Wilson, Michael P ^a   Hammond, Katharine S ^a   Nicas, Mark ^a   Hubbard, Alan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive repair; Exposure assessment; Hexane; Organic solvents; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; HEXANE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEUROTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; WORKING TIME;

ACETONE; AEROSOLS; AUTOMOBILES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEXANES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33847316992     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620701258021     Document Type: Article

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