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Formaldehyde containment efficiency with a next-generation grossing station promising safer use in anatomical pathology practice Cover

Formaldehyde containment efficiency with a next-generation grossing station promising safer use in anatomical pathology practice

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology
Volume 76 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
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|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2025-76-3971 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254
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Language: English, Croatian, Slovenian
Page range: 119 - 123
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 1, 2025
Published on: Jun 30, 2025
Published by: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
containment capacity,
gas chromatography,
occupational safety,
optical gas imaging,
potassium iodide test,
short-term exposure limit,
tracer-gas leak test
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other

© 2025 Stefano Dugheri, Giovanni Cappelli, Ilaria Rapi, Niccolò Fanfani, Donato Squillaci, Antonio Baldassarre, Veronica Traversini, Simone De Sio, Nicola Mucci, published by Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
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