Relationships between the concentrations of mercury in air and in blood or urine in workers exposed to mercury vapour

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 135-145

  Roels, H ^a   Abdeladim, S ^c   Ceulemans, E ^b   Lauwerys, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Medi Leuven ^*  (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - NEUROLOGY; INDUSTRIAL POISONS - CONCENTRATION;

BLOOD MERCURY LEVELS; MERCURY VAPOR; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; URINE MERCURY LEVELS;

MERCURY AND AMALGAMS;

MERCURY;

AIR ANALYSIS; BATTERY INDUSTRY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VAPOR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURY;

EID: 0023554599     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/31.2.135     Document Type: Article

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