Aromatic and polycyclic hydrocarbons in air and their urinary metabolites in coke plant workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 445-454

  Bieniek, Grazyna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

GC MS analyses; Mixed exposure; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

COKE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; URINARY EXCRETION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR; COKE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031694896     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199811)34:5<445::AID-AJIM5>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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