Effects of exposure to carbon disulfide (CS2) on electrocardiographic features of ischemic heart disease among viscose rayon factory workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-66

  Kuo, Hsien Wen ^a   Lai, Jim Shoung ^a   Lin, Mike ^a   Su, Eai Seung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon disulfide; ECG testing; Viscose rayon factory

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; CELLOPHANE; CHOLESTEROL; SODIUM;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TEXTILE WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON DISULFIDE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030794750     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050187     Document Type: Article

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