Health status of workers of a thermal power station exposed for prolonged periods to arsenic and other elements from fuel

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Buchancova J ^a   Klimentova G ^a   Knizkova M ^a   Mesko D ^a   Galikova E ^a   Kubik J ^b   Fabianova E ^c   Jakubis, M ^d  

^a MARTIN FACULTY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^b Dept of Occup Med and Toxicology ^*  (Slovakia)

^c State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

^d State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

2 microglobulin in serum; 16 cases; 30 Blood donors; As; Cd; Chronic arsenic toxication; Cu; Hair; Mn; Pb; Se; Smoking study of 70 exposed persons; Urine; Zn in serum

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; MANGANESE; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE SEPTUM PERFORATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PROPHYLAXIS; SLOVAKIA; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARSENIC; COAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 0031889970     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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