Lead concentration and the level of glutathione, glutathione S-transferase, reductase and peroxidase in the blood of some occupational workers from Irbid City, Jordan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 170, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 95-100

  Hunaiti, A ^a   Soud, M ^b   Khalil, A ^c  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c Health Department   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Glutathione; Jordan; Peroxidase; Reductase; Transferase

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LEAD; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; JORDAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LEAD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029125283     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04606-2     Document Type: Article

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