Oxidant-antioxidant status and pulmonary function in welding workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 286-292

  Fidan, Fatma ^a   Ünlü, Mehmet ^a   Köken, Tülay ^a   Tetik, Levent ^a   Akgün, Sema ^a   Demirel, Reha ^a   Serteser, Mustafa ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

GSH; Protein carbonyls; Protein sulfhydryls; Pulmonary function test; TBARS; Welding

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; OXIDIZING AGENT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELDING; WELDING FUME; WHEEZING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDANTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TURKEY; WELDING;

EID: 25444451300     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.286     Document Type: Article

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