Occupational exposure to chromium and nickel in the 1980s in Finland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 91-101

  Kiilunen, Mirja ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air measurements; Biomonitoring; Chromium; Data base; Nickel; Occupational exposure; Time trends

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; NICKEL;

AIR QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINLAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHROMIUM; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METALLURGY; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0030900782     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05484-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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