Preliminary study: Formaldehyde exposure in laboratories of Sharjah university in UAE

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Ahmed, Hafiz Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Anatomy; cadaver; concentration; formaldehyde; Sharjah University; UAE

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; SULFURIC ACID;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 79960925749     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: 19983670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.82997     Document Type: Article

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