Airborne concentrations of benzene associated with the historical use of some formulations of Liquid Wrench

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 547-561

  Williams, Pamela R D ^a,b   Knutsen, Jeffrey S ^a   Atkinson, Chris ^a   Madl, Amy K ^a   Paustenbach, Dennis J ^a  

^a CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Exposure assessment; Industrial hygiene; Liquid Wrench

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CYCLOHEXANE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXANE; LUBRICATING AGENT; TOLUENE; VOLATILE AGENT; XYLENE;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK;

EID: 34447116360     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620701446642     Document Type: Article

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