Serum iron concentrations, lipid peroxidation and superoxide dismutase activity in Turkish iron miners

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Armutcu, Ferah ^a   Gurel, Ahmet ^a   Aker, Ahmet ^b  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Iron; Iron miners; Malondialdehyde; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

IRON; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

IRON; METABOLISM; MINING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; IRON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID PEROXIDES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TURKEY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 2042493780     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EGAH.0000020894.69685.62     Document Type: Article

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