Broad exposure screening of air pollutants in the occupational environment of Swedish soldiers deployed in Afghanistan

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 318-325

  Magnusson, Roger ^a   Hägglund, Lars ^a   Wingfors, Håkan ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; SWEDEN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84860823119     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00299     Document Type: Article

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