TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Metals A1 - Lewis, Richard A1 - Kosnett, Michael J. A2 - LaDou, Joseph A2 - Harrison, Robert J. PY - 2021 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 6e AB - The diverse physical properties of metals have resulted in their extensive use in industry. These naturally occurring materials have long been recognized for their ability to impart a variety of valuable characteristics to finished goods. Metals are used in the construction, automotive, aerospace, electronics, glass, and numerous other manufacturing industries. Metals are major sources of pigments and stabilizers for paints and plastics. Metals are also used as catalysts and intermediates in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Occupational and environmental exposure to metals may occur during the manufacture or fabrication of finished products, as well as later in the product life cycle during modification, physical disturbance, or disposal. For some metals, such as arsenic in drinking water, significant exposure may occur primarily as the consequence of geologic rather than anthropogenic activity. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180879074 ER -