Hypertension in leather tanning workers working in Istanbul, Turkey

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 874-878

  Ince, Nurhan ^a   Issever H ^a   Ince, H ^b   Ozyildirim B ^a   Isik E ^a   Hapcioglu B ^a   Ozdilli K ^b   Akcay M E ^a   Calak B ^a   Agkoc N ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HALIC UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Leather tanning; Occupational exposure; Tanning workers

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING HABIT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TANNING; TURKEY;

EID: 57149106747     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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