Urinary excretion of dimethylhippuric acids in humans after exposure to trimethylbenzenes

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 491-497

  Järnberg, Jill ^a,b   Ståhlbom, Bengt ^c   Johanson, Gunnar ^a,b   Löf, Agneta ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dimethylhippuric acid; Human; Toxicokinetics; Trimethylbenzene; Urine

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; HIPPURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TIME; TOXICOKINETICS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BENZOATES; BENZOIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031006809     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050179     Document Type: Article

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