Exposure to nitroaromatic explosives and health effects during disposal of military waste

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 483-488

  Letzel, S ^a   Goen Th ^b   Bader, M ^c   Angerer, J ^d   Kraus, T ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,4 DINITROBENZOIC ACID; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 4 AMINO 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; ARMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BITTER TASTE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE BURNING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SYMPTOM; URINE LEVEL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WEAPON; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DINITROBENZENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FIREARMS; GERMANY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EID: 0038798403     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.7.483     Document Type: Article

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