Antioxidant enzymes and pulmonary function in steel mill welders

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-47

  Stepniewski, Marek ^a   Kolarzyk, Emilia ^b   Pietrzycka, Agata ^a   Kitlinski, Mariusz ^c   Helbin, Jadwiga ^b   Brzyszczan, Klaudyna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catalase; Chronic obstructive lung disease; Small airway disease; Superoxide dismutase; Total antioxidant status; Welders

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; ENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; REAGENT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; WELDING;

EID: 0344837762     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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