Drafting guidelines for occupational exposure to chemicals: The Dutch experience with the assessment of reproductive risks

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 705-717

  Stijkel, Anne ^a   Van Eijndhoven, Josee C M ^a   Bal, Roland ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

criteria document; guidelines; occupational exposure limits; standard setting

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029909098     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199612)30:6<705::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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