Half life of chromium in serum and urine in a former plasma cutter of stainless steel

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-142

  Petersen, Rolf ^a,b   Thomsen, Jane Frølund ^a   Jørgensen, Niels Kjærgaard ^c   Mikkelsen, Sigurd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NYKØBING FALSTER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chromium half life; Plasma cutting; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DUST EXPOSURE; FUME; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

CHROMIUM; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0034021603     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.2.140     Document Type: Article

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