How important is inadvertent ingestion of hazardous substances at work?

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 693-704

  Cherrie, John W ^a   Semple, Sean ^b   Christopher, Yvette ^b   Saleem, Ahsan ^c   Hughson, Graeme W ^a   Philips, Andrew ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical; Conceptual model; Ingestion; Monitoring; Review

Indexed keywords

DERMAL EXPOSURES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INADVERTENT INGESTION; WORKPLACE;

CONTAMINATION; DERMATITIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; HEALTH RISKS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SKIN;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

ALLERGEN; DRUG; METAL; METAL DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTAMINATION; DANGEROUS GOODS; HABIT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INGESTION; MENTAL STRESS; MOUTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SKIN; WORKPLACE;

DEGLUTITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33749573463     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel035     Document Type: Article

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