Effect of silica exposure on urinary excretion of copper and zinc

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 326, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 122-127

  El Safty, Ibrahim A M ^a,c   Gadallah, Mohsen ^b   Shouman, Ahmed E ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Microalbuminuria; Silica exposure; Urinary copper; Urinary glutathione S transferase; Urinary zinc; Urinary 1 microglobulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; COPPER; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METAL; PROTEIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER METABOLISM; COPPER URINE LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MALE; METAL BINDING; METAL METABOLISM; MICROALBUMINURIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SILICOSIS; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY EXCRETION; WORK SCHEDULE; ZINC METABOLISM; ZINC URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0141792104     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200309000-00003     Document Type: Article

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