Chemical hazards analysis of resilient flooring for healthcare

Health Environments Research and Design Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-117

  Lent, Tom ^a   Silas, Julie ^a   Vallette, Jim ^a  

^a Healthy Building Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Building materials; Chemical hazards; Chemicals; Healthcare facilities; Linoleum; Plastics; Polyolefin; Resilient flooring; Rubber; Styrene butadiene rubber; Toxicants; Toxics; Vinyl

Indexed keywords

PL 732; PLASTIC; POLYENE; RUBBER; STYRENE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; PLASTICS; POLYENES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBBER; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STYRENE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79952278787     PISSN: 19375867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193758671000300209     Document Type: Article

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