Health risk assessment by measuring plasma malondialdehyde (MDA), urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) and DNA strand breakage following metal exposure in foundry workers

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 699-704

  Liu, Hung Hsin ^b   Lin, Ming Hsiu ^c   Liu, Po Ching ^a   Chan, Chia I ^a   Chen, Hsiu Ling ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Foundry plant; Metal; Oxidative effect; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; CANCER RISK; CONTROL GROUPS; DNA DAMAGES; DNA STRANDS; EXPOSURE GROUPS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT; METALS ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS; OXIDATIVE DAMAGE; OXIDATIVE EFFECT; RESPIRABLE DUST; SILICA PARTICLES;

ALDEHYDES; BIOSENSORS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; DNA; FOUNDRY PRACTICE; GENES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; METALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PLASMAS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SILICA; TOXICITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CREATININE; HEAVY METAL; MALONALDEHYDE; NICKEL;

CANCER; DNA; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; LIPID; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; COMET ASSAY; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 69049099916     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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