Porphyrin Status in Aluminum Foundry Workers Exposed to Hexachlorobenzene and Octachlorostyrene

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 248-253

  Seldén, Anders I ^a,b   Bodin, Lennart S ^a   Westberg, Håkan B ^a,c   Floderus, Ylva ^b   Thunell, Stig ^b  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPROPORPHYRIN; CREATININE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROETHANE; PORPHYRIN; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE;

ADULT; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FOUNDRY; HEPATIC PORPHYRIA; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORPHYRIAS; PORPHYRINS; STYRENES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344348973     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899909602482     Document Type: Article

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