Exposure to nitrous oxide in delivery suites at six Swedish hospitals

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 829-836

  Westberg, Håkan ^a,b   Egelrud, Liselott ^a   Ohlson, Carl Göran ^a,b   Hygerth, Mona ^a   Lundholm, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delivery; Exposure; Midwives; Nitrous oxide; Occupational

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MASK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDWIFE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; DELIVERY ROOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NITROUS OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWEDEN; VENTILATION;

EID: 42549118697     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0271-3     Document Type: Article

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