High urine ttMA levels among fishermen from a Thai rural village

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 878-880

  Thummachinda, Supaporn ^a,b   Kaewpongsri, Supaporn ^b   Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^b   Suwansaksri, Jamsai ^c  

^a Thailand Ministry of Science and Technology   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GASOLINE; MUCONIC ACID; SORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HEALTH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; THAILAND; URINALYSIS; URINE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CREATININE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GASOLINE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SORBIC ACID; THAILAND; URINALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0042701673     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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