Using a refrigerant leak detector to monitor waste gases from halogenated anesthetics

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 64-68

  Rasmussen, Henrik ^a   Thorud, Syvert ^b  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DESFLURANE; HALIDE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; SEVOFLURANE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS WASTE; HALOGENATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LABORATORY TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FREEZING; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFRIGERATION;

EID: 36048961384     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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