Inhalation exposures to acrylamide in biomedical laboratories

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 468-473

  Pantusa, Victor P ^a   Stock, Thomas H ^b   Morandi, Maria T ^b   Harrist, Ronald B ^b   Afshar, Masoud ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Acrylamide; Inhalation exposure; Molecular biology laboratories; Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; EXPOSURE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY;

ACRYLAMIDE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LABORATORIES; HUMANS;

EID: 0036654396     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110208984735     Document Type: Article

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