Occupational exposure to formaldehyde in autopsy room and in pathologic anatomy laboratories;Esposizione professionale a formaldeide in sala settoria di medicina legale e in laboratoi di anatomia patologica

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-268

  Vimercati, L ^a   Carrus, A ^a,c   Dell'Erba, A ^a   Assennato, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Direzione Generale

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autopsy room; Formaldehyde; Pathologic anatomy; Professional exposure

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AUTOPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY;

AUTOPSY; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 39349097097     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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