Biomarkers of mercury exposure at a mercury recycling facility in Ukraine

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 483-489

  Gibb, Herman Jones ^a,f   Kozlov, Kostj ^b   Buckley, Jessie Poulin ^a   Centeno, Jose ^c   Jurgenson, Vera ^a   Kolker, Allan ^d   Conko, Kathryn ^d   Landa, Edward ^d   Panov, Boris ^e   Panov, Yuri ^e   Xu, Hanna ^c  

^a Sciences International Inc   (United States)

^b Institute of Occupational Health   (Ukraine)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e DONETSK NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^f Sciences International   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood mercury; Hair mercury; Mercury recycling; Nail mercury; Occupational mercury; Urinary mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RISK FACTOR; UKRAINE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; UKRAINE;

EID: 45849138566     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620802174432     Document Type: Article

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