Effect of aluminium on the levels of some essential elements in occupationally exposed workers

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-311

  Metwally, Fateheya M ^a   Mazhar, Manal S ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Calcium; Copper; Iron; Occupational exposure; Plasma; Serum; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CELL ENZYME; COPPER; IRON; ZINC;

ADULT; ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMPLOYEE; FUME; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; IRON; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 35148895521     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10004-007-0021-7     Document Type: Article

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