Levels of selenium and antioxidative enzymes following occupational exposure to inorganic mercury

Science of the Total Environment, The

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1990, Pages 37-47

  Barregård, Lars ^a   Thomassen, Yngvar ^b   Schütz, Andrejs ^c   Marklund, Stefan L ^d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHLORALKALI INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0025260027     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(90)90208-C     Document Type: Article

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