Evaluation of cyanide exposure and its effect on thyroid function of workers in a cable industry

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 258-260

  Banerjee, Kishore K ^a   Bishayee, Anupam ^a   Marimuthu, P ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; LIOTHYRONINE; THIOCYANATE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CYANIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; THIOCYANATES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0030984998     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199703000-00016     Document Type: Article

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