Carbon monoxide exposures in Australian workplaces could precipitate myocardial ischaemia in smoking workers with coronary artery disease

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 389-393

  Wickramatillake, H D ^a   Gun, R T ^a   Ryan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031749456     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01397.x     Document Type: Article

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