Effects of occupational and nonoccupational factors on liver function tests in workers exposed to solvent mixtures

Jong Dar Chen, Song Yen Tsai, Jung Der Wang, Wen Ing Chao

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Abstract

A total of 368 workers from six paint-manufacturing factories participated in this study. The workers were classified according to type of exposure: direct, intermittent, and no exposure. The workers' liver-function tests were influenced greatly by gender, hepatitis B, alcohol consumption, and body mass index. Both the serum concentration and the odds of abnormality of total serum bile acids were elevated among the directly exposed group. The authors concluded that analysis of covariance should take into account occupational and nonoccupational factors on liver-function tests to avoid any errors. Total serum bile acids also indicated liver dysfunction from solvent exposure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)270-274
Number of pages5
JournalArchives of Environmental Health
Volume52
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1997

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • General Environmental Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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