Gloves and dermal exposure to chemicals: Proposals for evaluating workplace effectiveness

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 607-615

  Cherrie, John W ^a   Semple, Sean ^b   Brouwer, Derk ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical protective gloves; Workplace protection factor (WPF)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE GLOVES; PERMEATION FLUX; WEARING GLOVES;

SKIN; ESTIMATION;

GLOVE; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SIMULATION; WORKPLACE;

GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERMEABILITY; SKIN;

BREAKTHROUGH TIME; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DERMAL EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATIONS; PERMEATION FLUXES; PROTECTIVE GLOVES; WORKPLACE EFFECTIVENESS; WORKPLACE PROTECTION FACTORS;

EID: 5444260412     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meh060     Document Type: Review

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