Occupational handling of nickel nanoparticles: A case report

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1073-1076

  Journeay, W Shane ^a   Goldman, Rose H ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Humans; Nanotechnology; Nanotoxicology; Nickel nanoparticles; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84906099282     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22344     Document Type: Article

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