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Associations between Blood Levels of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins/Furans and Polychlorinated Biphenyls with Immune Systems
This study assessed the associations between blood levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and humoral and cellmediated ...
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Open AccessCombined Toxic Effects of Polar and Nonpolar Chemicals on Human Hepatocytes (HepG2) Cells by Quantitative Property - Activity Relationship Modeling
We determined the toxicity of mixtures of ethyl acetate (EA), isopropyl alcohol (IPA), methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), toluene (TOL) and xylene (XYL) with half-maximal effective concentration (EC50) values obtained us...
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Open AccessJob Stress and Neuropeptide Response Contributing to Food Intake Regulation
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the correlations between food intake behavior and job stress level and neuropeptide hormone concentrations. Job strain and food intake behavior were first ide...
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Open AccessComparative Study on the EC50 Value in Single and Mixtures of Dimethylformamide, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, and Toluene
The aim of this research was to improve our understanding of human toxicity due to exposure to DMF, MEK, or TOL individually as compared to exposure to DMF-MEK or DMF-TOL mixtures, by comparing EC50 values as wel...
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Open AccessSmoking Habits and Neuropeptides: Adiponectin, Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor, and Leptin Levels
This study aimed to identify changes in the level of neuropeptides among current smokers, former smokers, and individuals who had never smoked, and how smoking habits affect obesity and metabolic syndrome (Met...
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Open AccessSubclinical interstitial lung damage in workers exposed to indium compounds
The present study was designed to determine whether there is a relationship between indium compound exposure and interstitial lung damage in workers employed at indium tin oxide manufacturing and reclaiming fa...
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Open AccessAssessment of Arsenic Exposure by Measurement of Urinary Speciated Inorganic Arsenic Metabolites in Workers in a Semiconductor Manufacturing Plant
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the exposure to arsenic in preventive maintenance (PM) engineers in a semiconductor industry by detecting speciated inorganic arsenic metabolites in the urine.
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Open AccessEffects of Beryllium on Human Serum Immunoglobulin and Lymphocyte Subpopulation
To investigate the effects of short-term exposure of beryllium on the human immune system, the proportion of T-lymphocytes such as CD3, CD4, CD8, CD95, and NK cells, and the proportion of B cells and TNFα leve...
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Open AccessThe Effects of Hazardous Chemical Exposure on Cardiovascular Disease in Chemical Products Manufacturing Workers
The purpose of this study was to understand the mechanism of cardiovascular disease (CVD) caused by exposure to hazardous chemicals. We investigated changes in the symptoms of metabolic syndrome, which is stro...
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Polymorphisms of alcohol metabolizing enzyme and cytochrome P4502E1 genes in mongolian population
Although the genetic polymorphism of the alcohol-metabolizing enzymes was extensively studied at the molecular level by many investigators, the genetic polymorphism studies for ethanolmetabolizing enzymes in M...
