Changes in oxidative stress biomarker and gene expression levels in workers exposed to volatile organic compounds

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-14

  Kim, Jin Hee ^a   Moon, Jae Yong ^a   Park, Eun Young ^a   Lee, Kwan Hee ^b   Hong, Yun Chul ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Expression microarray; Oxidative stress; Toluene; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

8 OXO 7,8 DIHYDRODEOXYGUANINE; 8-OXO-7,8-DIHYDRODEOXYGUANINE; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; GUANINE; HIPPURIC ACID; HIPPURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MALONALDEHYDE; MANDELIC ACID; MANDELIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MUCONIC ACID; SORBIC ACID; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; URINE;

ADULT; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GUANINE; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MANDELIC ACIDS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SORBIC ACID; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENES;

EID: 79951568212     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1112     Document Type: Article

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