Oxidative stress in operating room personnel: Occupational exposure to anesthetic gases

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 597-601

  Akbar Malekirad, A ^a   Ranjbar, A ^b   Rahzani, K ^b   Kadkhodaee, M ^c   Rezaie, A ^d   Taghavi, B ^e   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^e  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lipid peroxidation; Operating room personnel; Oxidative stress; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANESTHETIC GAS; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CERULOPLASMIN; TRANSFERRIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OPERATING ROOMS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 28444444964     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327105ht565oa     Document Type: Article

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