Urinary cobalt as a measure of exposure in the wet sharpening of hard metal and stellite blades

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-200

  Linnainmaa, Markku ^a   Kiilunen, Mirja ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Dermal uptake; Hard metal; Stellite biological monitoring

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SKIN ABSORPTION; SMOKING HABIT; URINE LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BEER; COBALT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN ABSORPTION; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0031016280     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050136     Document Type: Article

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