Serum copper levels among quartz stone crushing workers: A cross sectional study

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-342

  Tiwari, Rajnarayan R ^a   Sathwara, Nattubhai G ^a   Saiyed, Habibullah N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Quartz stone worker; Serum Cu; Silica exposure

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; SILICOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COPPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUARTZ; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 3242682413     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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