Long-term trends in exposures to nickel aerosols

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 324-333

  Symanski, Elaine ^a   Chang, Chung Chi ^a   Chan, Wenyaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NICKEL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; HUMAN; METAL INDUSTRY; MINING; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034101199     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298660008984540     Document Type: Article

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