Results of common laboratory tests in solvent-exposed workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-46

  Kaukiainen, Ari ^a   Vehmas, Tapio ^a   Rantala, Kaarina ^a   Nurminen, Markku ^a   Martikainen, Rami ^a   Taskinen, Helena ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Glucose; Liver; Solvents; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOL; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; HEXANE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; KETONE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; SOLVENT; STYRENE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TOLUENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; XYLENE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CARPENTER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NORMAL VALUE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAINTER; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOLVENTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347719627     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-003-0476-z     Document Type: Article

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