Exposure to formaldehyde during an anatomy dissecting course

Journal of UOEH

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-348

  Kunugita, Naoki ^a   Nakashima, Tamiji ^b   Kikuta, Akio ^b   Kawamoto, Toshihiro ^b   Arashidani, Keiichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy dissecting room; Formaldehyde; Indoor air pollution; Symptom

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR MONITORING; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEDICAL STUDENT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 4644278826     PISSN: 0387821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.26.337     Document Type: Article

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