Urinary excretion of phenol, catechol, hydroquinone, and muconic acid by workers occupationally exposed to benzene

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 705-711

  Rothman, N ^a   Bechtold, W E ^b   Yin, S N ^c   Dosemeci, M ^a   Li, G L ^c   Wang, Y Z ^d   Griffith, W C ^b   Smith, M T ^e   Hayes, R B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute   (United States)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Shanghai Hygiene and Anti Epidemic Center   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biomonitoring; Catechol; Hydroquinone; Muconic acid; Phenol

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CATECHOL; HYDROQUINONE; MUCONIC ACID; PHENOL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INHALATION; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MODEL; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031708662     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.10.705     Document Type: Article

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