Health effects of occupational pentachlorophenol exposure in timber sawmill employees: A preliminary study

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1074, 1998, Pages 362-364

  Walls, C B ^a   Glass, W I ^a   Pearce, N E ^b  

^a Department of Labour ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EMPHYSEMA; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; SWEATING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; WOOD;

EID: 0032566643     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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