Risk for hypertension in workers exposed to carbon disulfide in the viscose rayon industry

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-27

  Chang, Shu Ju ^a,b,c   Chen, Chiou Jong ^c,d   Shih, Tung Sheng ^c   Chou, Tzu Chieh ^e   Sung, Fung Chang ^d,e  

^a ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Carbon disulfide; Hypertension; Lipid; Viscose rayon

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; TEXTILE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; VISCOSE RAYON; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CARBON DISULFIDE; CELLULOSE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 33845900960     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20409     Document Type: Article

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