Urine vanadium concentrations in workers overhauling an oil-fired boiler

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-60

  Hauser, Russ ^a   Elreedy, Salma ^a   Ryan, P Barry ^b   Christiani, David C ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Fuel oil ash; Urine vanadium

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FUEL OIL; VANADIUM;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BOILER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FLY ASH; HUMAN; INHALATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031986252     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199801)33:1<55::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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