Barium and barium compounds. 

 - Geneva :  World Health Organization,  2001. 
 - iv, 52 p. :  ill. ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/> This book is an update of the WHO environmental Health criteria monograph on barium (IPCS 1990), which evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposures to barium. Barite, the mineral from which barium sulfate is produced, is used as a constituent in drilling muds in the oil industry.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9241530332 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Barium<br/>Barium compounds<br/>Risk assessment.<br/>Environmental exposure.
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>QV 618 B 2001