Levels of some trace metals and related enzymes in workers at storage-battery factories in Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-82

  Mehdi, J K ^a   Al Imarah, F J M ^a   Al Suhail, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; IRAQ; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POWER SUPPLY; STATISTICS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COPPER; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRON; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PRIVATE SECTOR; ZINC;

EID: 0033760778     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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