Chronic exposure to emissions from photocopiers in copy shops causes oxidative stress and systematic inflammation among photocopier operators in India

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Elango, Nithya ^a   Kasi, Vallikkannu ^a   Vembhu, Bhuvaneswari ^a   Poornima, Jeyanthi Govindasamy ^a  

^a AVINASHILINGAM INSTITUTE FOR HOME SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN   (India)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Lung function; Occupational exposure; Particulate matter; Photocopiers; Toner

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANTIOXIDANT; EMISSION; GENETIC MARKER; HEMATOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN;

INDIA;

AIR POLLUTANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885108549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-78     Document Type: Article

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