Benzene exposure, assessed by urinary trans, trans-muconic acid, in urban children with elevated blood lead levels

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 318-323

  Weaver, Virginia M ^a,b,d   Davoli, Cecilia T ^b,c   Heller, Patrick J ^b   Fitzwilliam, Ailsa ^a   Peters, Howard L ^a   Sunyer, Jordi ^d,e   Murphy, Sharon E ^f   Goldstein, Gary W ^c   Groopman, John D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^f AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Biomarkers; Cotinine; Environmental benzene exposure; Trans,trans muconic acid; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COTININE; CREATININE; MUCONIC ACID; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS;

BENZENE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; MALE; MARYLAND; SORBIC ACID; URBAN POPULATION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0029878819     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104318     Document Type: Article

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