Cross-sectional study of cardiovascular effects of carbon disulfide among Chinese workers of a viscose factory

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-225

  Tan, Xiaodong ^a,b   Chen, Guanmin ^a   Peng, Xiaoxia ^a   Wang, Fuyuan ^a   Bi, Yongyi ^a   Tao, Ning ^a   Wang, Chunhong ^a   Yan, Jun ^a   Ma, Shiqing ^b   Cao, Zheng ^b   He, Jun ^b   Yi, Pinfan ^b   Braeckman, Lutgart ^c   Vanhoorne, Michel ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hubei Chemical Fibre Group   (China)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Carbon disulfide; Cardiovascular disease; ECG; Lipids

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONAL MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WORKPLACE;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC);

EID: 3442875567     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4639-00287     Document Type: Article

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