Levels of 1-hydroxypyrene, symptoms and immunologic markers in vulcanization workers in the southern Sweden rubber industries

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-137

  Jönsson, Lena S ^a   Broberg, Karin ^a   Axmon, Anna ^a   Bergendorf, Ulf ^a   Littorin, Margareta ^a   Jönsson, Bo A G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway symptoms; Biomarkers; Exposure Response relationships; PAH; Vulcanizationfumes

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BATH; BURNING SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY THROAT; EPISTAXIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FUME; HEADACHE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; RUBBER; SMOKING; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 46949100269     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0310-8     Document Type: Article

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