A probable case of chronic occupational thallium poisoning in a glass factory

Industrial Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 300-303

  Hirata, Mamoru ^a   Taoda, Kazushi ^b   Ono Ogasawara, Mariko ^c   Takaya, Mitsutoshi ^c   Hisanaga, Naomi ^c  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DUST; GLASS INDUSTRY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; POLYNEUROPATHY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

EID: 0031902087     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.36.300     Document Type: Article

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