Occupational exposure to organic solvents during bridge painting

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 417-426

  Qian, Hua ^a   Fiedler, Nancy ^b   Moore, Dirk F ^a   Weisel, Clifford P ^c  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Occupational exposure; Oil based paints; Painting; Solvents

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR SAMPLES; APPLICATION METHOD; BEST ESTIMATES; BRIDGE PAINTING; CONFIDENCE BANDS; CONFINED SPACE; DATA SETS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MIXED MODELS; MIXED-EFFECT MODELS; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL-BASED PAINTS; PAINT COATINGS; RANDOM FACTORS; REGRESSION LINES; SOLVENT EXPOSURE; WIND SPEED;

BIT ERROR RATE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTERS; KETONES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PAINT; PARAFFINS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PAINTING;

PAINT; SOLVENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; SEASONS; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WEATHER;

EID: 77952981604     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq021     Document Type: Article

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