Epidemiological study of health hazards among workers handling engineered nanomaterials

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Liou, Saou Hsing ^a,b,c   Tsou, Tsui Chun ^a   Wang, Shu Li ^a,c   Li, Lih Ann ^a   Chiang, Hung Che ^a   Li, Wan Fen ^a   Lin, Pin Pin ^a   Lai, Ching Huang ^b   Lee, Hui Ling ^d   Lin, Ming Hsiu ^e   Hsu, Jin Huei ^e   Chen, Chiou Rong ^e   Shih, Tung Sheng ^c,e   Liao, Hui Yi ^a   Chung, Yu Teh ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cardiovascular diseases; Control banding; Cross sectional study; Environmental and health effects; Genotoxicity; Lung inflammation; Nanoparticle; Oxidative stress; Pulmonary function; Risk levels

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL ADHESION; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYMES; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; LABORATORIES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROL BANDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS; GENOTOXICITIES; LUNG INFLAMMATION; PULMONARY FUNCTION; RISK LEVELS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

7 METHYLGUANOSINE; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; 8 ISOPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; ARYLESTERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARA CELL PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; NANOPARTICLE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NANOENGINEERING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84863097470     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-0878-5     Document Type: Article

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