Correlates of oxidative stress and free-radical activity in serum from asymptomatic shipyard welders

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1541-1548

  Sung, Gu Han ^b   Kim, Yangho ^b   Kashon, Michael L ^b   Pack, Donna L ^b   Castranova, Vincent ^b   Vallyathan, Val ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exposure to welding fumes; Lipid peroxidation; Markers of oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; Serum antioxidants

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; ALBUMIN; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; ISOPROSTANE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SHIPYARD WORKER; SMOKING; WELDING; WELDING FUME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MANGANESE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TIME FACTORS; WELDING;

EID: 30444448737     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200409-1222OC     Document Type: Article

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