Indicators of cardiovascular risk among workers exposed to high intermittent levels of carbon disulphide

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 507-515

  Guidotti, T L ^a,b   Hoffman, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon disulphide; Cardiovascular risk; Workers

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSTIC BURN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033385755     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.8.507     Document Type: Article

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