Assessing occupational mercury exposures during the on-site processing of spent fluorescent lamps

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 30-34

  Lucas, Alan ^a   Emery, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENT LAMP; HUMAN; LIGHT; MERCURIALISM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROCESSING; STORAGE; VAPOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHTING; MERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644826288     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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