Free radical generation and lipid peroxidation among the dry cell industry workers exposed to carbon

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-32

  Reddy, K K ^a   Reddy, T P K ^a   Somasekharaiah, B V ^b   Soorya Kumari, K ^c  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ST JOSEPH S COLLEGE   (India)

^c Siddartha Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon exposure; Catalase; Free radicals; Lipid peroxidation; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349191208     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02873439     Document Type: Article

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