Brief communication: Benzidine and its acetylated metabolites in the urine of workers exposed to direct black 38

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 269-272

  Dewan, A ^a   Jani, J P ^a   Patel, J S ^a   Gandhi, D N ^a   Variya, M R ^a   Ghodasara, N B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLBENZIDINE; AZO DYE; BENZIDINE; N,N' DIACETYLBENZIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AZO COMPOUNDS; BENZIDINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0023720282     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1988.10545948     Document Type: Article

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