Occupational toxicology and the control of exposure to pharmaceutical agents at work
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Occupational toxicology and the control of exposure to pharmaceutical agents at work.
BACKGROUND The pharmaceutical industry employs >350 000 people worldwide in operations including research and development (R&D), manufacturing, sales and marketing. Workers employed in R&D and manufacturing sectors are potentially exposed to drug substances in the workplace that are designed to modify physiology and also to chemical precursors that are potentially hazardous to health. Pharmaceu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0962-7480,1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg116