Alterations in antioxidant defense system of workers chronically exposed to arsenic, cadmium and mercury from coal flying ash

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-72

  Zeneli, Lulzim ^a   Sekovanić, Ankica ^b   Ajvazi, Majlinda ^a   Kurti, Leonard ^a   Daci, Nexhat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Blood; Correlation; PP workers; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM; FLY ASH; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MERCURY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FLY ASH; HUMAN; KOSOVO; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARSENIC; ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM; COAL ASH; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; KOSOVO; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POWER PLANTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84955706547     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: 15732983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-015-9683-2     Document Type: Article

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