ON-SITE MONITORING OF PERSONAL EXPOSURE TO TETRACHLOROETHYLENE AT DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENTS
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Exposure to tetrachloroethylene in dry cleaning shops in the Nordic countries.
OBJECTIVES Tetrachloroethylene is the dominant solvent used in dry cleaning worldwide and many workers are potentially exposed. We report here on results of 1296 measurements of tetrachloroethylene undertaken in Nordic dry cleaning shops 1947-2001. METHODS We searched documents and files in the Nordic institutes of occupational health for air measurements of tetrachloroethylene. Repeated meas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Occupational Hygiene
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0003-4878,1475-3162
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/40.3.281