Health hazards of ceramic artists

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 563-575

  Dorevitch, Samuel ^a   Babin, Angela ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Center for Safety in the Arts   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALUMINUM SILICATE; CARCINOGEN; HEAVY METAL; PAINT; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ART; CERAMICS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DANGEROUS GOODS; DUST; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; KITCHEN; LEAD POISONING; LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; STANDARD; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ALUMINUM SILICATES; ART; CARCINOGENS; CERAMICS; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DUST; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; LUNG DISEASES; METALS, HEAVY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RADON; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SILICON DIOXIDE; VENTILATION; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33748956821     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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