Renal function of chloralkali workers after the cessation of exposure to mercury vapor

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-249

  Efskind, Jon ^a   Ellingsen, Dag G ^b   Hartman, Anders ^c   Thomassen, Yngvar ^f   Scient, Cand ^b   Ulvik, Rune J ^d   Gaarder, Per I ^e   Solberg, Tone Bente ^a  

^a Health Department   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Ullevål University Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Albumin; Glutathione peroxidase; Kidney; N Acety D glucosaminidase; Past exposure; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MERCURY; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; SELENIUM;

BIOMARKER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION; VAPOR;

EID: 33745606967     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1005     Document Type: Article

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