The influence of the intensity of smoking and years of work in the metallurgy on pro-oxidant/antioxidant balance in the blood of smelters

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-161

  Bizoń, Anna ^a   Antonowicz Juchniewicz, Jolanta ^a   Andrzejak, Ryszard ^a   Milnerowicz, Halina ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

antioxidants; heavy metals; Occupational exposure; oxidative stress; smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MALONALDEHYDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL LYSATE; CONTROL GROUP; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMELTER; SMOKING; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ARSENICALS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 84874448857     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233711427054     Document Type: Article

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