Occupational coke oven emissions exposure and risk of abnormal liver function: Modifications of body mass index and hepatitis virus infection

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-165

  Hu, Y ^a,b   Chen, B ^a   Qian, J ^c   Jin, L ^c   Jin, T ^a   Lu, D ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COKE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; COKE OVEN EMISSION; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77949358866     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.047316     Document Type: Article

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