Hematological changes due to chronic exposure to natural gas leakage in polluted areas of Masjid-i-Sulaiman (Khozestan province, Iran)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-276

  Saadat, Mostafa ^a   Bahaoddini, Aminolla ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hematological changes; Iran; Leakage of natural gas; Masjid i Sulaiman; MIS

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NATURAL GAS; REACTIVE SULFUR SPECIES;

AIR QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT; NATURAL GAS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOSSIL FUELS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; KHUZESTAN; MASJID-I-SULAIMAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 2442478271     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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