The impact of initial job assignment on formaldehyde exposure among African-American and white formaldehyde industry workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-64

  Figgs, Larry W ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^b   Blair, Aaron ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Exposure; Formaldehyde; Occupation

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HUMAN; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKROOM AIR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 0031868803     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199807)34:1<57::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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