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The Need and Feasibility of Environmental and Biological Monitoring in Occupational Health

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Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals

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The purpose of an occupational health organization is to protect the workers at the workplace (Frostling et al., 1981). Currently, the efforts are mainly preventive. The scope of occupational hygiene activities at a workplace is to identify, evaluate and control such environmental factors and stresses that might cause adverse health effects. The resources must be socially and economically acceptable. Thus, the feasibility of possible strategies includes their practical application: how they can be exercised at the workplace. Relatively modest scientific precision is accepted. However, if the programs are systematized, they also can make valuable contributions to research and development within the field of occupational health.

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  4. Stauffer Chemical Company, Farmington, Connecticut, USA

    Polly R. Sager

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Gerhardsson, G. (1988). The Need and Feasibility of Environmental and Biological Monitoring in Occupational Health. In: Clarkson, T.W., Friberg, L., Nordberg, G.F., Sager, P.R. (eds) Biological Monitoring of Toxic Metals. Rochester Series on Environmental Toxicity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0961-1_3

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