Epidemiological surveillance of employees in a mercury thermometer plant: An occupational health study

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-18

  Rajgopal, T ^a   Ravimohan, H V ^a   Mascarenhas, P ^a  

^a Hindustan Lever Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Cohort; Environmental monitoring; Epidemiological surveillance; Mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MERCURY THERMOMETER; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33645709876     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.22889     Document Type: Article

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