Assessment of work-related exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Italy

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 897-906

  Scarselli, Alberto ^a   Di Marzio, Davide ^a   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^a   Iavicoli, Sergio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinogen; Database; Exposure assessment; PAHs; Surveillance system

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAHS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM;

CARCINOGEN; DATABASE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; PAHS; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84880698752     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22172     Document Type: Article

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