Biological monitoring of exposure to benzene in the production of benzene and in a cokery

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 49-63

  Kivisto H ^a   Pekari, K ^a   Peltonen, K ^a   Svinhufvud, J ^a   Veidebaum, T ^b   Sorsa, M ^a   Aitio, A ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Tallinn   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biological monitoring; S phenylmercapturic acid; t,t Muconic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; MUCONIC ACID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

AIR SAMPLING; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COKING INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZENE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BREATH TESTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTONIA; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SORBIC ACID; TOLUENE; URINE;

EID: 0030977811     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05481-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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