Exposure to metals: Are we protecting the workers?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-142

  Silbergeld, Ellen K ^a   Weaver, Virginia M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL;

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33947518872     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.031518     Document Type: Editorial

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