Arsenic levels in hair of workers in a semiconductor fabrication facility

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 377-383

  Peyster, Ann de ^a   Silvers, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ARSENIC; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC ABSORPTION;

EID: 0028916702     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119591017006     Document Type: Article

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