Effect of lead (Pb) exposure on the activity of superoxide dismutase and catalase in battery manufacturing workers (BMW) of Western Maharashtra (India) with reference to heme biosynthesis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-337

  Patil, Arun J ^a   Bhagwat, Vinod R ^b   Patil, Jyotsna A ^a   Dongre, Nilima N ^a   Ambekar, Jeevan G ^a   Jailkhani, Rama ^c   Das, Kusal K ^d  

^a BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Govt Medical College   (India)

^c SDM College of Medical Sciences   (India)

^d AL AMEEN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Battery manufacturing workers (BMW); Blood Pb; Catalase; d aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; Lipid peroxidation; Superoxide dismutase; Urine ALA; Urine Pb; Urine PBG; Zinc protoporphyrin

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; ERYTHROCYTE ENZYME; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; MALONALDEHYDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEME SYNTHESIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WORKER;

EID: 34547613907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2006030041     Document Type: Article

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