Biological monitoring: State of the art

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 361-366

  Hoet, Perrine ^a   Haufroid, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Methodology

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030808287     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.6.361     Document Type: Review

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