[Priority: safe working conditions]

Jolanta Skowroń1

  • 1Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy / Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland (Zakład Zagrożeń Chemicznych, Pyłowych i Biologicznych, Pracownia Toksykologii / Department of Chemical, Aerosol and Biological Hazards, Laboratory of Toxicology). josko@ciop.pl.

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