Occupational health hazards in women beedi rollers in bihar, india

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-91

  Yasmin, Shahla ^a   Afroz, Basri ^a   Hyat, Bushra ^a   D'Souza, Doris ^a  

^a Patna Women's College   (India)

Author keywords

Beedi Rollers; Erythrocyte count; Leucocyte count; SGPT

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUPS; CONTROL SUBJECT; ENZYME CONCENTRATIONS; HAEMOGLOBINS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS;

HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

HEALTH HAZARDS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; DANGEROUS GOODS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRUG EFFECT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER DISEASE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EYE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUKOCYTES; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954620589     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0037-6     Document Type: Article

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