Health effects of exposure to ethylene glycol monoethyl ether in female workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-451

  Wang, Rui Sheng ^a   Suda, Megumi ^a   Gao, Xing ^b   Wang, Bingling ^b   Nakajima, Tamie ^c   Honma, Takeshi ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Beijing Center of Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether; Health effect; Occupational exposure; Women

Indexed keywords

2 ETHOXYETHANOL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; ETHOXYACETIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; LEG SWELLING; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 7944224193     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.42.447     Document Type: Article

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