Hemolytic crisis in G6PD-deficient individuals in the occupational setting

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Djerassi, Leo ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Hemolytic crisis; Israel; Occupational setting; Prevalence of G6PD deficiency; Trinitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHEMOGLOBIN; SULFHEMOGLOBIN; TRINITROTOLUENE; UROBILINOGEN;

AFRICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RETICULOCYTOSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TRINITROTOLUENE;

EID: 0031784745     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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