Investigation of the blood biochemical status of gas station workers

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 587-594

  Bayraktar, Nihayet Mehmet ^a   Karagözler, A Alev ^b   Bayraktar, Mehmet ^a   Titretir, Serap ^a   Gözükara, Engin M ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cytokines; Gas station workers; Immunoglobulin G

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; HEALTH RISKS;

CYTOKINES; GAS STATION WORKERS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

GAS HAZARDS;

BLOOD; COPPER; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ZINC;

EID: 33751117504     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240600842383     Document Type: Article

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