Reassessment of occupational exposure limits

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 407-418

  Stouten, Hans ^a   Ott, Heidi ^b   Bouwman, Carolien ^a   Wardenbach, Peter ^b  

^a Health Council of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure limits; Occupational health; TLVs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 44349109545     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20579     Document Type: Article

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