Liver enzyme abnormalities among oil refinery workers;Alteraçm̃ao de enzimas hepáticas em trabalhadores de refinaria de petróleo

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 92-98

  Carvalho, Fernando Martins ^a,b   Neto, Annibal Muniz Silvany ^a   Mendes, João Luiz Barberino ^c   Cotrim, Helma Pinchemel ^a   Nascimento, Ana Lísia Cunha ^a   Lima Jr , Alberto Soares ^a   da Cunha, Tatiana Oliveira Bernardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Estadual de Feira ^*  (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Case control studies; Diagnostic use; Occupational exposure; Petroleum industry; Risk factors; Transferases

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PETROLEUM; TRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL INDUSTRY; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; MINING; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 33646100298     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102006000100015     Document Type: Article

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