Temporal changes in urinary 1-hydroxypyrene concentrations in coke-oven workers

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-173

  Wu, Ming Tsang ^a   Wypij, David ^a   Ho, Chi Kung ^b   Mao, I Fang ^c   Chen, Mei Lien ^c   Lu, Pey Ling ^c   Christiani, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; BENZENE; CREATININE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COKING INDUSTRY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031936562     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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