World at work: Hazards and controls in aluminium potrooms

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 989-992

  Sim, M ^a   Benke, G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

CONTROL SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMELTER; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM; HUMANS; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0345598017     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.12.989     Document Type: Review

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