Simulation of toluene in venous blood with a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model: Its application to biological exposure index development

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1092-1095

  Jang, Jae Yeon ^a   Droz, Pierre O ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TOLUENE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VENOUS BLOOD; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0029781064     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1996.10390020     Document Type: Article

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