The effect of personal factors on the relationship between carbon disulfide exposure and urinary 2-thiothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid levels in rayon manufacturing workers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 322, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 51-62

  Chou, Tzu Chieh ^a   Shih, Tung Sheng ^b   Sheu, Hamm Min ^a   Chang, Shu Ju ^b   Huang, Chin Chang ^c   Chang, Ho Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Carbon disulfide; Rayon manufacturing; Urinary TTCA

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; DERMATOLOGY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PERSONAL FACTORS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHINGS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

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

CARBON DISULFIDE; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN DISEASE; URINALYSIS; VENTILATOR;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON DISULFIDE; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN DISEASES; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES;

EID: 1842685985     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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