Immunological Findings in a Group of Coke-Oven Workers Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1034-1039

  Wu, Ming Tsang ^a   Pan, Chih Hong ^b   Wu, Trong Neng ^a   Huang, Yeou Lih ^a   Chen, Ching Yi ^a   Huang, Li Hung ^a   Ho, Chi Kung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; COKE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BETEL NUT; COKING INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SMOKING; TAIWAN; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; COHORT STUDIES; COKE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERVIEWS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VITAMINS;

PIPER BETEL;

EID: 0242352692     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000088876.25970.96     Document Type: Review

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