A survey of respiratory and dermatological disease in the chrome plating industry in the West Midlands, UK

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 432-434

  Williams, N ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chrome plating; Chrome ulcer; Dermatitis; Nasal perforation

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DERMATITIS; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; ULCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029904831     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/46.6.432     Document Type: Article

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