Hepatitis caused by occupational chronic exposure to trichloroethylene

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 355-357

  Anagnostopoulos, George ^a,b   Sakorafas, G H ^a   Grigoriadis, K ^a   Margantinis, G ^a   Kostopoulos, P ^a   Tsiakos, S ^a   Arvanitidis, D ^a  

^a 251 Hellenic Air Force HAF Hosp   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Liver; Occupational diseases; TCE; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHYLENE; LIVER ENZYME; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADHESIVES; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 13244260904     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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