Health, genotoxicology, and immune status of road pavers in Hungary

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages 154-162

  Tompa, Anna ^a,b   Jakab, Mátyás G ^a   Biró, Anna ^a   Magyar, Balázs ^a   Major, Jeno ^a  

^a Jozsef Fodor National Center for Public Health   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Genotoxicology; Health effects of bitumen exposure; Immunotoxicology; Prevention; Road pavers

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IMMUNE STATUS; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 34248594530     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620701354481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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