Biochemical effects of vinyl chloride monomer on the liver of occupationally exposed workers

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 979-986

  Saad, A A ^a   El Sewedy, S M ^a   Bader, G A ^b   Mousa, S M ^a   Mahdy, M M ^c  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Egyptian Petrochemicals Company   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CARCINOGEN; CEREBROSIDE SULFATASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYMOLOGY; FATTY LIVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SPLENOMEGALY;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADULT; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROSIDE-SULFATASE; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY LIVER; GLUCURONIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SPLENOMEGALY; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 0034261516     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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