Assessing the risk to firefighters from chemical vapors and gases during vehicle fire suppression

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 536-543

  Fent, Kenneth W ^a   Evans, Douglas E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARCINOGEN; ISOCYANATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; FIRE; FIRE FIGHTER; GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FIRES; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79952528989     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0em00591f     Document Type: Article

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