Occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a graphite-electrode producing plant: Biological monitoring of 1-hydroxypyrene and monohydroxylated metabolites of phenanthrene

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 323-331

  Angerer, J ^a   Mannschreck, C ^a   Gundel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 Hydroxypyrene; Action level; Biological monitoring; Hydroxyphenanthrene; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; CREATININE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; GRAPHITE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN ABSORPTION; URINARY EXCRETION;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARCINOGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES;

EID: 0030907682     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050155     Document Type: Article

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