Levels and predictors of airborne and internal exposure to chromium and nickel among welders-Results of the WELDOX study

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-183

  Weiss, Tobias ^a   Pesch, Beate ^a   Lotz, Anne ^a   Gutwinski, Eleonore ^a   Van Gelder, Rainer ^b   Punkenburg, Ewald ^c   Kendzia, Benjamin ^a   Gawrych, Katarzyna ^a   Lehnert, Martin ^a   Heinze, Evelyn ^a   Hartwig, Andrea ^d   Käfferlein, Heiko U ^a   Hahn, Jens Uwe ^b   Brüning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^c Berufsgenossenschaft Holz und Metall   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Chromium; Exposure; Nickel; Urine; Welding

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; NICKEL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS MASK; GERMANY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WELDING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHROMIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; WELDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873092345     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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