Relationship between dose in vivo of ethylene oxide and exposure to ethene studied in exposed workers

Human & Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 826-833

  Granath, F ^a   Rohlen O ^b   Goransson C ^b   Hansson, L ^b   Magnusson, A L ^a   Tornqvist M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BOREALIS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cancer risk; ethene; ethylene oxide; hemoglobin adducts; metabolism; occu pational exposure

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL MONITORING; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLENE OXIDE; ETHYLENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029828109     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719601501006     Document Type: Article

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