Current surveillance plan for persons handling nanomaterials in the National University of Singapore

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Sng, Judy ^a   Koh, David Soo Quee ^a   Yu, Liya E ^b   Gunaratnam, Saravanan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; NANOTOXICOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; WORKER;

EID: 79959226639     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31821ad5dc     Document Type: Article

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