Characterizing the health and safety needs of the collision repair industry

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 273-282

  Whittaker, Stephen G ^a,b   Reeb Whitaker, Carolyn ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gloves; Hexamethylene diisocyanate; Isocyanates; Respiratory protection; Survey; Work related asthma

Indexed keywords

ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PAINT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; ISOCYANATES; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAINT; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 64049099717     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620902775609     Document Type: Article

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