Occupational diseases due to chemical exposure in Bulgaria

Archives of the Balkan Medical Union

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-154

  Lyubomirova, Karolina ^a   Tzacheva, Nevena ^a   Yancheva, Milena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chemical substances; Exposure; National register; Occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOLOGY; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84864753023     PISSN: 15849244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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