Health effects and arsenic species in urine of copper smelter workers

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 787-797

  Halatek, Tadeusz ^a   Sinczuk Walczak, Halina ^a   Janasik, Beata ^a   Trzcinka Ochocka, Malgorzata ^a   Winnicka, Renata ^a   Wasowicz, Wojciech ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

arsenic speciation; Clara cell protein; Copper smelter; kidney; neurological tests

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; COPPER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FURNACES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; PROTEINS;

ARSENIC SPECIATION; CELL PROTEINS; COPPER SMELTER PLANT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); KIDNEY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL TESTS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEIN; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ARSENOBETAINE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CACODYLIC ACID; CLARA CELL PROTEIN; COPPER; LEAD; METHANEARSONIC ACID; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEAVY METAL; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER SMELTER WORKER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMELTER; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIROMETRY; URINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CACODYLIC ACID; COPPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84897398727     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2014.882207     Document Type: Article

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