Occupational chemical exposure and risk estimation in process development and design

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-235

  Hassima, Mimi H ^a,b   Hurmea, Markku ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Inherent safety; Occupational health; Process design; Risk assessment; Worker exposure

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AIR; AIR INTAKES; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; ESTERS; HAZARDS; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; METEOROLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; PROCESS DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; WIND;

CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS; INHERENT SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS; WIND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WORKER EXPOSURE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

POLYGALA INCARNATA;

EID: 77953707203     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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