An outbreak of hematopoietic and reproductive disorders due to solvents containing 2-bromopropane in an electronic factory, South Korea: Epidemiological survey

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 138-143

  Park, Jung Sun ^a   Kim, Yangho ^a   Park, Dong Wook ^a   Choi, Kyeong Sook ^a   Park, Seung Hyun ^a   Moon, Young Hahn ^a  

^a Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Anemia; Azoospermia; Oligospermia

Indexed keywords

2 BROMOPROPANE; HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PANCYTOPENIA; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0030898922     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.39.138     Document Type: Article

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