Types of organic solvents used in small- to medium-scale industries in Japan; a nationwide field survey

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 385-392

  Ukai, Hirohiko ^a   Inui, Shunen ^a   Takada, Shiro ^a   Dendo, Junko ^b   Ogawa, Junichi ^c   Isobe, Kiyofusa ^d   Ashida, Toshifumi ^e   Tamura, Mikio ^f   Tabuki, Koshiro ^g   Ikeda, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b Iwate Health Service Association   (Japan)

^c Ryomo Occupational Health Center   (Japan)

^d Chiba Health Care Association   (Japan)

^e Kanagawa Health Service Association   (Japan)

^f Joetsu Environmental Science Center   (Japan)

^g Ohita Occup Health Service Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dichloromethane; Organic solvent; Solvent mixture; Toluene

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; DICHLOROMETHANE; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; WORKPLACE;

ACETATES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEXANES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLVENTS; STYRENE; STYRENES; TOLUENE; WORKPLACE; XYLENES;

EID: 9844246442     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050233     Document Type: Article

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