Surgical smoke - A health hazard in the operating theatre: A study to quantify exposure and a survey of the use of smoke extractor systems in UK plastic surgery units

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 911-916

  Hill, D S ^a   O'Neill, J K ^a   Powell, R J ^a   Oliver, D W ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diathermy; Extractor; Health; Risk; Smoke

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATHERMY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL SMOKE; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIATHERMY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE; SWINE;

EID: 84862563363     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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