The role of exhaust ventilation systems in reducing occupational exposure to organic solvents in a paint manufacturing factory

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-87

  Jafari, Mohammad Jafari ^a   Karimi, Ali ^b   Azari, Mansoor Rezazadeh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Exhaust ventilation systems; Occupational exposure; Paint manufacturing; Ventilation standard

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BREATHING; EXHAUST GAS; FLOW RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PAINT INDUSTRY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 53749096498     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.43266     Document Type: Article

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