Occupational exposure to tetrachloroethene and its effects on the kidneys

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-16

  Verplanke, Anton J W ^a   Leummens, Micha H L ^a   Herber, Robert F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TETRACHLOROETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LAUNDRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINALYSIS; WORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 0032925383     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199901000-00003     Document Type: Article

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