Mortality among welders exposed to high and to low levels of hexavalent chromium and followed for more than 20 years

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-131

  Milatou Smith, Rodothea ^a   Gustavsson, Annika ^a   Sjögren, Bengt ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Pulmonary tumors; Stainless steel; Welders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001403585     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/107735297800407749     Document Type: Article

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