Occupational exposure levels to wood dust in Italy, 1996-2006

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 567-574

  Scarselli, Alberto ^a   Binazzi, A ^a   Ferrante, P ^a   Marinaccio, A ^a  

^a ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; WOOD DUST;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ITALY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOOD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 48949085903     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.036350     Document Type: Article

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