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Document ID (ISN)36315
CIS number 81-1796
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Darby G.H., Dukich A., Hargens C.W., Hill H.G,, Hsiao S.H., Suter D.L., Mason R., Miller L.M.
Title Information profiles on potential occupational hazards
Bibliographic information National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA. Apr. 1978. 315p. 599 ref.
Abstract General overview information, with bibliographies, is provided for the industrial processes: Manufacturing and use of corrosion inhibitors and rosin core solder; manufacturing of explosives and fireworks, plastics and resins, pharmaceuticals, synthetic rubber, tires, paints and related products; firefighting; aluminium reduction; caisson and tunnel work; petrochemical plants; petroleum refining; spray painting; photographic processing; electroplating; sewage treatment; incineration. Information is also provided for the physical agents radiofrequency, microwave and ionising radiation; magnetic fields; impact noise.
Descriptors (primary) ionizing radiation; magnetic fields; fire services; impact noise; radiofrequency radiation; photographic chemicals; electroplating; tunnelling; incinerators; petroleum refining; explosives industry; petrochemical industry; plastics industry; synthetic rubber industry; pharmaceutical industry; sewage treatment; corrosion inhibitors; aluminium industry
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey; USA; aluminium; data sheet; paint spraying; soldering and brazing; tyre manufacturing industry; work in pressurized atmosphere
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Generalities
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Petroleum and natural gas industry
Chemical industry
Plastics industry
Petrochemical industry
Pharmaceutical industry
Electromagnetic fields
Surface treatment
Fire fighting, police, prisons and the armed forces
Noise
Ionizing radiation
Non-ionizing radiation
Smelting and refining operations