Elevated triglyceride and decreased high density lipoprotein level in carbon disulfide workers in Taiwan

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-78

  Luo, Jiin Chyuan John ^a   Chang, Ho Yuan ^b   Chang, Shu Ju ^c   Chou, Tzu Chieh ^b   Chen, Chiou Jong ^c   Shih, Tung Sheng ^c   Huang, Chin Chang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

CARBON DISULFIDE; CELLULOSE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0037235895     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200301000-00015     Document Type: Article

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