Hexachlorobenzene and octachlorostyrene in plasma of aluminium foundry workers using hexachloroethane for degassing

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 613-618

  Seldén, Anders I ^a,b   Nygren, Yvonne ^c   Westberg, Håkan B ^a,b   Bodin, Lennart S ^a  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aluminium foundry workers; Biological monitoring; Hexachlorobenzene; Hexachloroethane; Liver enzymes; Octachlorostyrene

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROETHANE; LIVER ENZYME; STYRENE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOUNDRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030882452     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.8.613     Document Type: Review

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