Worker lead poisoning during renovation of a historic hotel reveals limitations of the OSHA lead in construction standard

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Zhu, Julia ^a   Franko, Eileen ^a   Pavelchak, Nicholas ^a   De Persis, Ronald ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Industrial Hygiene Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PAINT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BUILDING INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS MASK; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84867196486     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2012.700273     Document Type: Article

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