Exposure to carcinogens for defined job categories in Norway's offshore petroleum industry, 1970 to 2005

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 250-258

  Steinsvåg, Kjersti ^a   Bråtveit, Magne ^a   Moen, Bente E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; MINERAL OIL; SILICON DIOXIDE; TETRACHLOROETHANE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASBESTOS; BENZENE; CARCINOGENS; CERAMICS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MINERAL OIL; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 34247525882     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.028225     Document Type: Article

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