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Epidemiological surveillance of employees in a mercury thermometer plant: An occupational health study [1]

A cross-sectional epidemiological survey of 255 individuals (130 current permanent employees, 64 contract workers, 55 ex-employees and 6 scrap dealers) coupled with a retrospective cohort study of the occupational health of 290 employees (all permanent employees who ever worked in the factory over a span of 15 years) was conducted in a mercury thermometer plant at Kodaikanal in India. 

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
01/04/2006
T. Rajgopal [3], H. V. Ravimohan [4], P. Mascarenhas [5]
Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine [6]
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11-18
Tags:
Mercury [7], Hazardous Industry [8], Occupational Health [9], Health Effects [10], Kodaikanal [11], Tamil Nadu [12], Heavy Metals [13], Multinational Corporations (MNCs) [14], Hindustan Unilever Limited [15]
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kodaikanal
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
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[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hindustan-unilever-limited