Multiple exposure to arsenic, antimony, and other elements in art glass manufacturing

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-72

  Apostoli, Pietro ^a   Giusti, Silvia ^b   Bartoli, Dusca ^b   Perico, Andrea ^a,c   Bavazzano, Paolo ^c   Alessio, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Occupational Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^c NHS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimony; Arsenic; Biological monitoring; Glass manufacture; Occupational carcinogens

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; LEAD; ZINC;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLASS INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031814179     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199807)34:1<65::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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