A study of beryllium exposure measurements, part 1 : Estimation and categorization of average exposures from daily weighted average data in the beryllium industry

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-97

  Seiler, Donald H ^a   Rice, Carol ^a   Herrick, Robert F ^b,c   Hertzberg, Vicki S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c Department of Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029966413     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1996.10389302     Document Type: Article

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