Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene levels of garbage collectors with low-level exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 159-164

  Hara, Kunio ^a   Hanaoka, Tomoyuki ^a   Yamano, Yuko ^a   Itani, Toru ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE OF LABOUR   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 Hydroxypyrene; Biological monitoring; Cotinine; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Smoking

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; COTININE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; COTININE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GARBAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PYRENES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0030944175     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05491-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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