Epidemiologic assessment of measures used to indicate low-level exposure to mercury vapor (hg°)

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-33

  Cianciola, Margaret E ^a   Echeverria, Diana ^b   Martin, Michael D ^a   Vasken Aposian, H ^c   Woods, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDICATOR; MERCURY;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION; VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CREATININE; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0030755883     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984109708984050     Document Type: Article

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