Personal formaldehyde exposure level in the gross anatomy dissecting room at College of Medicine King Saud University Riyadh

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-113

  Vohra, Muhammad Saeed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dissection room; Formaldehyde; Formalin; Gross anatomy laboratory; Personal exposure level

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LABORATORY; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANATOMY; DISSECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACULTY; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79960024825     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13382-011-0004-4     Document Type: Article

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