The use of salivary biomarkers in occupational and environmental medicine

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-210

  Koh, David Soo Quee ^a   Koh, Gerald Choon Huat ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHROMOGRANIN A; COTININE; DNA; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LEAD; LYSOZYME; HEAVY METAL;

ACUTE STRESS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; STORAGE; CHEMISTRY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SALIVA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COTININE; DNA; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; METALS, HEAVY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947516582     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.026567     Document Type: Review

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