Ambient and biochemical effect monitoring of workers exposed to ethylene oxide

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-18

  Angerer, J ^a   Bader, M ^a   Kramer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient monitoring; Biochemical effect monitoring; Biological monitoring; Ethylene oxide; N 2 hydroxyethylvaline; N alkyl Edman method; Protein adducts; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; GLOBIN;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKER; WORKROOM AIR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENE OXIDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALINE;

EID: 0031885989     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050244     Document Type: Article

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