Heterogeneity in sources of exposure variability among groups of workers exposed to inorganic mercury

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 677-687

  Symanski, Elaine ^a   Sällsten, Gerd ^b   Chan, Wenyaw ^a   Barregård, Lars ^b  

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

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chloralkali industry; Exposure assessment methods; Inorganic mercury; Mixed effects models; Overexposure

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); MERCURY (METAL); STATISTICAL METHODS;

HETEROGENEITY;

MONITORING;

MERCURY;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHIFT WORKER; URINARY EXCRETION; VARIANCE; WORKER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0035173847     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(01)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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