Adverse health effects in workers exposed to trace/toxic metals at workplace

Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-135

  Mehra, Rita ^a   Juneja, Meenu ^a  

^a M D S UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ACIDITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOPSY; BREATHING DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASE; FOUNDRY; HAIR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGESTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIVER DISEASE; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OFFICE WORKER; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELDING; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAIR; HEALTH; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0041883311     PISSN: 03011208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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