Biomonitoring of technical grade 1-alkoxy-2-propanol acetates by analysing urinary 2-alkoxypropionic acids

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 31-39

  Laitinen, J ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

2 Ethoxypropionic acid; 2 Methoxypropionic acid; Technical grade 1 ethoxy 2 propanol acetate; Technical grade 1 methoxy 2 propanol acetate; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; METHOXYACETIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AIR QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACETATES; ACETIC ACIDS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; GLYCOLS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXALATES; OXALIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACIDS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SILK; STEREOISOMERISM; TERATOGENS; TEXTILES;

EID: 0030975563     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05479-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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