A six year follow up study of the subclinical effects of carbon disulphide exposure on the cardiovascular system

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-134

  Takebayashi, T ^a   Nishiwaki, Y ^a   Uemura, T ^a   Nakashima, H ^a   Nomiyama, T ^a   Sakurai, H ^b   Omae, K ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Occup Hlth R and D Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 MERCAPTOTHIOPROLINE; CARBON DISULFIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANEURYSM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; CARBON DISULFIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0942290497     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2002.006858     Document Type: Article

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