Carcinoembryonic antigen, alpha-fetoprotein, and prostate-specific antigen in the sera of industrial workers exposed to phenol, formaldehyde, urea, and mixed vapors

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1041-1046

  El Far, Mohamed ^a   El Naggar, M ^a   Elkhawaga, Om Ali Y ^a   Yahya, Raida ^b   Allam, Asmaa ^a   Khalifa, A ^c  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; PHENOL; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EGYPT; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SERUM ALBUMIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UREA; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33748568766     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370600904603     Document Type: Article

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