Community Exposure and Medical Screening near Chromium Waste Sites in New Jersey

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 I, 1997, Pages

  Fagliano, Jerald A ^a   Savrin, Jonathan ^b   Udasin, Iris ^a   Gochfeld, Michael ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE;

ALLERGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SKIN IRRITATION; UNITED STATES; URINE; WASTE;

EID: 0030860381     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1997.1134     Document Type: Article

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