1-hydroxypyrene levels in coal-handling workers at a coke oven

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1141-1144

  Malkin, Robert ^a   Kiefer, Max ^b   Tolos, William ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Mail Stop R 10 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COKE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COKING INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0029906053     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199611000-00014     Document Type: Article

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