Urinary 2,5-hexanedione increases with potentiation of neurotoxicity in chronic coexposure to n-hexane and methyl ethyl ketone

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 100-104

  Ichihara, Gaku ^a   Saito, Isao ^b   Kamijima, Michihiro ^a   Yu, Xiaozhong ^a   Shibata, Eiji ^a   Toida, Machiko ^a   Takeuchi, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,5 hexanedione; Coexposure; Methyl ethyl ketone; n Hexane; Potentiation of neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; ACETONYLACETONE; HEXANE; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BUTANONES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEXANES; HEXANONES; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0031914022     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050255     Document Type: Article

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