Concise International Chemical Assessment Document 32: Beryllium and beryllium compounds

IPCS Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents

Volumn , Issue 32, 2001, Pages 1-69

  Bruce, R M ^a   Odin, M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BERYLLIUM SULFATE; METAL DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; AQUATIC FAUNA; BERYLLIOSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL LABELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXCRETION; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNE INJURY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION; LUNG CANCER; METABOLISM; METAL INDUSTRY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

EID: 0034765592     PISSN: 10206167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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