Evaluation of exposure to ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetates and their possible haematological effects on shipyard painters

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 378-382

  Kim, Yangho ^a   Lee, NaRoo ^a   Sakai, Tadashi ^b   Kim, Kyoo Sang ^a   Yang, Jeong Sun ^a   Park, Seunghyun ^a   Lee, Choong Ryeol ^c   Cheong, Hae Kwan ^d   Moon, Younghahn ^a  

^a Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

^b Center of Occupational Medicine   (Japan)

^c Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ethoxyacetic acid; Ethylene glycol monoethyl ethers; Granulocytopenia; Hypocellular marrow; Leucopenia

Indexed keywords

2 ETHOXYETHANOL; ACETIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HIPPURIC ACID; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIPYARD WORKER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032942128     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.6.378     Document Type: Article

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