Elevated serum liver enzymes in coke oven and by-product workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 527-533

  Wu, Ming Tsang ^a   Kelsey, Karl T ^a   Mao, I Fang ^b   Wypij, David ^a   Liu, Hong Wen ^c   Christiani, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COKE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LIVER ENZYME; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; COKE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 0030955865     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199706000-00007     Document Type: Article

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