Flow cytometric analysis of the oxidative status in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells of workers exposed to welding fumes

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 367-374

  Du Plessis, Lissinda ^a   Laubscher, Petrus ^a   Jooste, Jacques ^a   Du Plessis, Johan ^a   Franken, Anja ^a   Van Aarde, Nico ^a   Eloff, Fritz ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Reactive oxygen species; Welding fume

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; WELDING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; WELDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951242584     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459621003724108     Document Type: Article

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