Metabolomic characterization of laborers exposed to welding fumes

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 676-686

  Kuo, Ching Hua ^a   Wang, Kuo Ching ^a   Tian, Tze Feng ^a   Tsai, Mong Hsun ^a   Chiung, Yin Mei ^b   Hsiech, Chun Ming ^b   Tsai, Sung Jeng ^a   Wang, San Yuan ^a   Tsai, Dong Ming ^a   Huang, Chiang Ching ^c   Tseng, Y Jane ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BETAINE; CHROMIUM; CREATINE; CREATININE; CYTOKINE; GLUCONIC ACID; GLYCINE; HIPPURIC ACID; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TAURINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLOMICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; SMOKING; TISSUE INJURY; URINALYSIS; WELDING FUME;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOKINES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; METABOLOMICS; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TAIWAN; WELDING;

EID: 84863369524     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx200465e     Document Type: Article

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