Application of mathematical modelling for assessing the urinary half-times of nickel in stainless steel welders

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 427-430

  Colli, Giuseppe ^a   Terzi, R ^b   Terzi, M ^c   Catenacci, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ASL n 12(Biella) Piemonte   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Kinetics; Mathematical modelling; Nickel; Urinary half life

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALCULATION; EXPOSURE; FUME; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STAINLESS STEEL; TIME FACTORS; WELDING;

EID: 33644623982     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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