Impact of organic solvents and environmental pollutants on the physiological function in petrol filling workers

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 139-146

  Uzma, Nazia ^a   Salar, B M Khaja Mohinuddin ^a   Santhosh Kumar, B ^a   Aziz, Nusrat ^a   David, M Anthony ^a   Reddy, V Devender ^a  

^a DECCAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Benzene; Carbon monoxide; Complete blood picture; Pulmonary function; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIOTHYRONINE; SOLVENT; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SOLVENT EFFECT; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

TETRA;

EID: 54349090583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph5030139     Document Type: Article

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