Work-related health effects among wastewater treatment plants workers

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 237-244

  Al Batanony, M A ^a   El Shafie, M K ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cardiopul monary; Hepatitis a virus; Hepatitis e virus; Hydrogen sulfide; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFHEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY ACHE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FECES ANALYSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPARINIZATION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFECTION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROCHETE; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WHEEZING; WORKING TIME;

ANTHROPOMETRY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEWAGE;

EID: 80052972295     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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