Occupational health hazards among sewage workers: Oxidative stress and deranged lung functions

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Shadab, Mohammad ^a   Agrawal, Dhirendra Kumar ^b   Aslam, Mohammad ^b   Islam, Najmul ^b   Ahmad, Zuber ^b  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Lung functions; Oxidative stress; Sewage workers

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; FREE RADICAL; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OPTICAL DENSITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; SEWAGE WORKER; SITTING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPIROMETRY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WORKER;

EID: 84899446146     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/5925.4291     Document Type: Article

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