Liver changes in workers at an oil refinery and in a reference population in the state of Bahia, Brazil;Alterações hepáticas em trabalhadores de uma refinaria de petróleo e em uma população de referência no estado de Bahia, Brasil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-37

  Barberino, João Luiz ^a,b   Carvalho, Fernando Martins ^c   Silvany Neto, Annibal Muniz ^c   Pinchemel Cotrim, Helma ^c   Góes, Roberto Charles ^d   Rosa, Helton ^d   Gidi, José Florentino ^d   Melgaço Valladares, Carlos ^d   Guedes, Fernando ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Gamma glutamyltransferase; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFINING INDUSTRY;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL INDUSTRY; SMOKING;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13544275915     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892005000100005     Document Type: Article

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