Effect of cement dust exposure on phagocytic function of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in cement mill workers

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-139

  Meo, Sultan Ayoub ^a,d   Rasheed, Shahzad ^b   Khan, Muhammad Mujahid ^a   Shujauddin, Syed ^c   Al Tuwaijri, Ali S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Anatomy   (Pakistan)

^c Cardiology Division ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cement dust; Chemiluminescence response; Phagocytic function

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; ZYMOSAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 50049115367     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-008-0017-9     Document Type: Article

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