Chemical exposures in research laboratories in a university

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-173

  Takada, Shiro ^a   Okamoto, Satoru ^a   Yamada, Chikahisa ^a   Ukai, Hirohiko ^a   Samoto, Hajime ^a   Ohashi, Fumiko ^a   Ikeda, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical exposure; Occupational health; Research laboratory; Solvent exposure

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 2 PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ACRYLAMIDE; BENZENE; CADMIUM; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; CHROMIC ACID; CYCLOHEXANONE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DIMETHYL SULFATE; DIOXANE; ETHER; ETHYLENE OXIDE; HEXANE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MANGANESE; METHANOL; METHYL IODIDE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VANADIUM PENTOXIDE; XYLENE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLORIMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY CHEMICALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLVENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 41949085650     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.166     Document Type: Article

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