Workers' understanding of chemical risks: Electroplating case study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 689-695

  Sadhra, S ^a   Petts, J ^a   McAlpine, S ^a   Pattison, H ^a   MacRae, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIC ACID; CHROMIUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; HAZARD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHROMATES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROPLATING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036796965     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.10.689     Document Type: Article

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