Urinary elimination of nickel and cobalt in relation to airborne nickel and cobalt exposures in a battery plant

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 527-531

  Yokota, Kozo ^a   Johyama, Yasushi ^a   Kunitani, Yukihiro ^a   Michitsuji, Hiromi ^a   Yamada, Seiji ^a  

^a Matsushita Sci Ctr of Indust Hyg   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Biomarker; Nickel hydroxide; Urinary nickel

Indexed keywords

COBALT; NICKEL;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FILTER; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COBALT; DUST; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; MALE; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 34247846248     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0159-7     Document Type: Article

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