Neopterin as a new biomarker for the evaluation of occupational exposure to silica

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 318-322

  Altindag, Zeynep Zubeyde ^a   Baydar, Terken ^a   Isimer, Askin ^b   Sahin, Gonul ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neopterin; Occupational exposure; Pteridine; Silica

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; CREATININE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; NEOPTERIN; PTERIDINE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SCREENING TEST; SILICOSIS; SMOKING HABIT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0038391432     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-003-0434-9     Document Type: Article

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