Assessment of functional integrity of liver among workers exposed to soluble nickel compounds during nickel plating

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-81

  Kalahasthi, Ravi Babu ^a   Rajmohan, H R ^a   Rajan, B K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Nickel plating; Urine nickel

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; NICKEL;

ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY MASS; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER CLEARANCE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICKEL PLATING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 33748542896     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.27305     Document Type: Article

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