Considerations on the limit values for benzene;Considerazioni sui valori limite per il benzene

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 268-271

  Scapellato, Maria Luisa ^a   Aprea, Maria Cristina ^b   Moretto, Angelo ^c   Bartolucci, Giovanni Battista ^a   Manno, Maurizio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Azienda USL 7 di Siena   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological limit values; Guideline values; Occupational exposure limits

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

BENZENE; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84885653853     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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