World at work: Hospital pharmacy clean-rooms

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-70

  Jackson, C A ^a   Wilson, D A ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAN ROOM; DEHYDRATION; HEAT STRESS; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHARMACEUTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; TOXICOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL;

EID: 29744435897     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.020719     Document Type: Review

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