Clinical parameters and biomarkers of oxidative stress in agricultural workers who applied copper-based pesticides

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1779-1786

  Arnal, Nathalie ^a   Astiz, Mariana ^a   de Alaniz, María J T ^a   Marra, Carlos A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Applicators; Ceruloplasmin; Copper; Hepatic damage; Human; Metallothioneins; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; COPPER COMPLEX; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PESTICIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UREA;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMARKER; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH MONITORING; METALLOTHIONEIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PESTICIDE APPLICATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PESTICIDE SPRAYING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CERULOPLASMIN; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; COPPER; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PESTICIDES; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 79961125901     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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