Environmental and occupational health risks among agricultural workers living in a rural community near petroleum refinery and motorway in skopje region

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-424

  Karadžinska Bislimovska, Jovanka ^a   Minov, Jordan ^a   Stoleski, Sašo ^a   Mijakoski, Dragan ^a   Risteska Kuc, Snežana ^a   Milkovska, Snežana ^a  

^a WHO Collaborating Center for Occupational Health   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

blood pressure; environmental exposure; haemoglobin; rural environment; toxicological analysis

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHOLINESTERASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROLEUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 78650643910     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-61-2010-2043     Document Type: Article

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