A proposal to develop a national occupational exposure databank

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 768-774

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ARTICLE; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0027218716     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1993.10388195     Document Type: Article

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