Effects of exposure to mixed organic solvents on blood pressure in non-smoking women working in a pharmaceutical company

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-169

  Mohammadi, Saber ^a   Golabadi, Majid ^a   Labbafinejad, Yasser ^a   Pishgahhadian, Fatemeh ^a   Attarchi, Mirsaeed ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

hypertension; industrial solvents; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SOLVENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863188080     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-63-2012-2186     Document Type: Article

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