Exposure assessment of ETBE in gas station workers and gasoline tanker truck drivers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 423-431

  Eitaki, Yoko ^a   Kawai, Toshio ^b   Omae, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Ethyl tertiary butyl ether; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859262182     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.11-0111-OA     Document Type: Article

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