Impact of different welding techniques on biological effect markers in exhaled breath condensate of 58 mild steel welders

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 75, Issue 8-10, 2012, Pages 525-532

  Hoffmeyer, Frank ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Lehnert, Martin ^a   Kendzia, Benjamin ^a   Bernard, Sabine ^a   Berresheim, Hans ^a   Düser, Maria ^a   Henry, Jana ^a   Weiss, Tobias ^a   Koch, Holger M ^a   Pesch, Beate ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 ISOPROSTANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEUKOTRIENE B4; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; EXHALATION; GERMANY; HELMET; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELDING; WELDING FUME;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DINOPROST; DINOPROSTONE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKING; STEEL; VITAL CAPACITY; WELDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862516939     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.675303     Document Type: Article

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