Longitudinal biomonitoring of nurses handling antineoplastic drugs

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-269

  Mader, Robert M ^a   Kokalj, Alexandra ^a   Kratochvil, Elisabeth ^a   Pilger, Alexander ^a   Rüdiger, Hugo W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic agents; Biomonitoring; Cytogenetic methods; Genotoxic burden; Nursing; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUSTRIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649186928     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02189.x     Document Type: Article

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