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Antonija Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Occupational poisoning

Which is the most suitable expression:

occupational hydrocarbon poisoning/occupational poisoning due to hydrocarbon or ?
  

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As with my earlier comment, it would depend on the rest of the sentence structure, since they are synonymous. As they stand i isolation, the second is better, since it makes clear that 'occupational' is not a kind of hydrocarbon.

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As with my earlier comment, it would depend on the rest of the sentence structure, since they are synonymous. As they stand i isolation, the second is better, since it makes clear that 'occupational' is not a kind of hydrocarbon.