Health risks from radium in workplaces: An unfinished story

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 259-270

  Stebbings, James H ^a  

^a Midwest Epidemiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIUM;

BONE; BONE TUMOR; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

BONE AND BONES; BONE NEOPLASMS; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; RADIUM; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33748963581     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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