Proposal of a method for identifying exposure to hazardous chemicals in biomedical laboratories

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-86

  Apostoli, Pietro ^a   Lucchini, Roberto ^a   Alessio, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomedical laboratories; Cancer mortality; Chemicals; Exposure assessment; Health risks

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MODEL; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; RISK FACTORS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0030577470     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(96)06416-9     Document Type: Article

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