Lead poisoning: Historical aspects of a paradigmatic "occupational and environmental disease"

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-16

  Riva, Michele Augusto ^a   Lafranconi, Alessandra ^a   D'Orso, Marco Italo ^a   Cesana, Giancarlo ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

History; Lead poisoning; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879072878     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5491/SHAW.2012.3.1.11     Document Type: Review

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