Metabolic profile and assessment of occupational arsenic exposure in copper- and steel-smelting workers in China

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-353

  Xi, Shuhua ^a   Zheng, Quanmei ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Sun, Guifan ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Copper and steel smelter; Metabolic profile; Urinary arsenic; Workers

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; STEEL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; CHINA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLOME; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEEL;

EID: 79955952643     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0574-7     Document Type: Article

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