Organic solvent use in research institutions in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-426

  Nagasawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Ukai, Hirohiko ^a   Okamoto, Satoru ^a   Samoto, Hajime ^a   Itoh, Kenji ^a   Moriguchi, Jiro ^a   Sakuragi, Sonoko ^a   Ohash, Fumiko ^a   Takada, Shiro ^a   Kawakami, Takuya ^a   Ikeda, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Organic solvent; Research laboratory; Unmixed solvent; Use pattern

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; AIR POLLUTION; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS;

EID: 80051764431     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1232     Document Type: Article

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