The Significance of Skin Exposure

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 591-593

  Boeniger, Mark F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYETHANOL; 4,4' METHYLENEDIANILINE; ACRYLAMIDE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; PESTICIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; DERMATITIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LIVER DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TOXICITY; TECHNIQUE; WORKPLACE;

DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 0242581510     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meg095     Document Type: Editorial

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