Unacceptable 'occupational' exposure to toxic agents among children in Ecuador

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-189

  Harari, Raul ^a,d   Forastiere, Francesco ^b   Axelson, Olav ^c  

^a IFA   (Ecuador)

^b Public Health Agency of Lazio Region   (Italy)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d IFA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Benzene; Child labor; Children; Epidemiology; Lead; Mercury; Occupational disease; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; GOLD; MERCURY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHENOL; SOLVENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHOE INDUSTRY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ECUADOR; EMPLOYMENT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; SHOES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0030818731     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199709)32:3<185::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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