Biological monitoring of exposure and effects in workers employed in a selenium-processing plant

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 623-630

  Göen, Th ^a   Schaller, B ^a   Jäger, Th ^a   Bräu Dümler, Ch ^b   Schaller, K H ^a   Drexler, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b AMZ Arbeitsmedizinisches Zentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Metal dust; Occupational exposure; Selenium; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TOXICITY; URINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MALE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SELENIUM;

EID: 84938879182     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-014-0989-7     Document Type: Article

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