Application of a single-compartment model for estimation of styrene uptake from measurements of urinary excretion of mandelic and phenylglyoxylic acids after occupational exposure

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 337-341

  Wrangskog, Kent ^a   Sollenberg, Jan ^a   Söderman, Erik ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Models, theoretical; Occupational exposure; Styrene; Urinary metabolites

Indexed keywords

MANDELIC ACID; PHENYLGLYOXYLIC ACID; STYRENE;

ACIDURIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHIPYARD WORKER; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0030057793     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00409419     Document Type: Article

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