Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and burden of outdoor workers in Budapest

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 297-306

  Szaniszló, Judit ^a   Ungváry, György ^a  

^a Jozsef Fodor National Center for Public Health   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WORK CAPACITY;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUNGARY; HYDROCARBONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035831386     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152873901300017995     Document Type: Article

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