On wiping the interior Walls of 37-mm closed-face cassettes: An OSHA perspective

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 732-734

  Hendricks, Warren ^a   Stones, Fern ^a   Lillquist, Dean ^a  

^a OSHA   (United States)

Author keywords

37 mm cassette; Cassette rinse; Cassette wipe; Closed face cassette; Internal cassette walls; Metal analysis

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FILTER; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 70449556166     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620903012028     Document Type: Article

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