Effect of coexposure to methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) on n-hexane toxicokinetics in human volunteers

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 385-395

  Van Engelen, Jacqueline G M ^a,d   Rebel de Haan, Wilhelmina ^a   Opdam, Joannes J G ^b   Mulder, Gerard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; ACETONYLACETONE; HEXANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 0031172271     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8149     Document Type: Article

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