FIOH external quality assurance scheme for organic solvent metabolites

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-231

  Valkonen, Sinikka ^a   Engström, Kerstin ^a   Ahonen, Ilpo ^a   Mutanen, Pertti ^a   Aitio, Antero ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; External quality assurance; Finland; Occupational health; Organic solvent; Urine

Indexed keywords

2,5-HEXANEDIONE; ACETONYLACETONE; ALKANONE; HIPPURIC ACID; HIPPURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MANDELIC ACID; MANDELIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; HUMAN; LABORATORY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; URINE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; HEXANONES; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MANDELIC ACIDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHENOLS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

EID: 0029684154     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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