Evaluation of the COSHH essentials model with a mixture of organic chemicals at a medium-sized paint producer

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-29

  Lee, Eun Gyung ^a   Slaven, James ^a   Bowen, Russell B ^b,c   Harper, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Bowen EHS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

control banding; COSHH Essentials; exposure assessment; occupational exposure limits; paint; R phrases; REACH; risk assessment tool; risk management

Indexed keywords

CONTROL BANDING; COSHH ESSENTIALS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; R-PHRASES; REACH; RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL;

ACETONE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ETHYLBENZENE; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PAINT; PHARMACODYNAMICS; RATING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASHING; WORK SIMPLIFICATION; XYLENE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PAINT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PAINT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78751557302     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq067     Document Type: Article

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