Practical assessment of mercury exposure, contamination and clean-up

Chemical Health and Safety

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 16-23

  Eustace, Daniel J ^a   Walters, Michael ^a   Riley, Sean ^a   Anderson, Martin ^b  

^a POLAROID CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ICF Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MERCURY SULFIDE; RUNOFF;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BODY BURDEN; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LIQUID; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLLUTION; REDUCTION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 2342462949     PISSN: 10749098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chs.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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