Past occupational exposure to airborne manganese in a manganese alloy plant

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 426-437

  Baldwin, Mary ^a   Bouchard, Maryse ^a   Larribe, Fabrice ^a   Mergler, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cumulated exposure; Ferro manganese; Manganese; Retrospective exposure assessment; Silico manganese

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; MANGANESE;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; JOB ANALYSIS; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLOYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANGANESE; METALLURGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 45949095894     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620802115831     Document Type: Article

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