Mixed chemical-induced oxidative stress in occupational exposure in Nigerians

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 821-826

  Anetor, J I ^a   Yaqub, S A ^a   Anetor, G O ^a   Nsonwu, A C ^b   Adeniyi, F A A ^a   Fukushima, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^c JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical mixtures; Occupational exposure; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALI; AMMONIA; ARSENIC; ASCORBIC ACID; BENEZIDINE; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; COPPER; CYANIDE; ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE; FREON; GASOLINE; GLOBULIN; GREASE; INORGANIC ACID; LEAD; MERCURY; PHENOL; PHOSGENE; PLASMA PROTEIN; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID; XYLENE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAINTING; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UPREGULATION; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WELDING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 62549146220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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