Recent policy and technical developments in biological monitoring in the United Kingdom

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 191-196

  Wilson, H Kerr ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring guidance values; Breath analysis; Expert systems; Flow cytometry; Genetic susceptibility

Indexed keywords

4,4' METHYLENEBIS(2 CHLOROANILINE); 4,4' METHYLENEDIANILINE; LINDANE; MERCURY; N,N DIMETHYLACETAMIDE;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PERMEABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREATH TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE;

UK;

EID: 0030790985     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05495-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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