occupational lead exposure in battery manufacturing workers, silver jewelry workers, and spray painters in western maharashtra (india): Effect on liver and kidney function

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-100

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

^a BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SBH Government Medical College   (India)

^c AL AMEEN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

0urinary lead; blood lead; BMW; kidney function tests; liver function tests; SJW; SP

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; GLOBULIN; LEAD;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; JEWELRY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATININE; HUMANS; INDIA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS; SILVER; UREA; URIC ACID;

EID: 34547642286     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JBCPP.2007.18.2.87     Document Type: Article

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