TY  - GEN
AU  - Choudhury, Harlal.
AU  - Cary, Richard.
TI  - Barium and barium compounds
SN  - 9241530332
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Geneva
PB  - World Health Organization
KW  - Barium
KW  - Barium compounds
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Environmental exposure
N2  - 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.
ER  -