Serum proteins and work habits in a group of farm-workers exposed to EBDCs

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 440-450

  Polimanti, Renato ^a   Piacentini, Sara ^a   Barone, Maria ^a   Porreca, Flavia ^a   Fuciarelli, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethylenebisdithiocarbamates (EBDCs); Farm workers; Haptoglobin (HP); Serpin peptidase inhibitor (PI); Serum proteins; Transferrin (TF); Vitamin D binding protein (Gc component)

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLIDINETHIONE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; FUNGICIDE; HAPTOGLOBIN; N,N' ETHYLENEBIS(DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID) DERIVATIVE; TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFESTYLE; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SERUM; URINE; XENOBIOTICS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHYLENEBIS(DITHIOCARBAMATES); ETHYLENETHIOUREA; FOOD HABITS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPTOGLOBINS; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 77951673606     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014461003702195     Document Type: Article

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