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Respiratory Health in Aseptic Packaging with Hydrogen Peroxide: A Report of Two Cases

2002; Wiley; Volume: 44; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1539/joh.44.433

1348-9585

Vesa Riihimäki, Antti Toppila, Päivi Piirilä, Eeva Kuosma, Pirkko Pfäffli, Päivi Tuomela,

Air Quality and Health Impacts

Journal of Occupational HealthVolume 44, Issue 6 p. 433-438 Case StudyFree Access Respiratory Health in Aseptic Packaging with Hydrogen Peroxide: A Report of Two Cases Vesa Riihimäki, Vesa Riihimäki Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Industrial Hygiene and ToxicologySearch for more papers by this authorAntti Toppila, Antti Toppila Valio Oy, Occupational Health Care UnitSearch for more papers by this authorPäivi Piirilä, Päivi Piirilä Helsinki University Central Hospital, Dept, of Clinical PhysiologySearch for more papers by this authorEeva Kuosma, Eeva Kuosma Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, FinlandSearch for more papers by this authorPirkko Pfäffli, Pirkko Pfäffli Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Industrial Hygiene and ToxicologySearch for more papers by this authorPäivi Tuomela, Päivi Tuomela Valio Oy, Occupational Health Care UnitSearch for more papers by this author Vesa Riihimäki, Vesa Riihimäki Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Industrial Hygiene and ToxicologySearch for more papers by this authorAntti Toppila, Antti Toppila Valio Oy, Occupational Health Care UnitSearch for more papers by this authorPäivi Piirilä, Päivi Piirilä Helsinki University Central Hospital, Dept, of Clinical PhysiologySearch for more papers by this authorEeva Kuosma, Eeva Kuosma Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, FinlandSearch for more papers by this authorPirkko Pfäffli, Pirkko Pfäffli Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Industrial Hygiene and ToxicologySearch for more papers by this authorPäivi Tuomela, Päivi Tuomela Valio Oy, Occupational Health Care UnitSearch for more papers by this author First published: 28 March 2003 https://doi.org/10.1539/joh.44.433Citations: 9 Correspondence to: V. 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