Mercury exposure in high school chemistry teachers

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 206-209

  Crump, C ^a   Bearer, C F ^b   Paschal, D C ^a   Rodenbaugh, D ^b   Etzel, R A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MERCURY;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEACHER; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VAPOR;

EID: 0029813361     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00212367     Document Type: Article

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