Liver function assessment in workers exposed to vinyl chloride

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Maroni, Marco ^a   Fanetti, Anna Clara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Liver function assessment; Liver ultrasonography; Medical surveillance program; Vinyl chloride monomer

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 31144453415     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0018-y     Document Type: Article

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