Comparison of hippuric acid and o-cresol in urine and unchanged toluene in alveolar air for the biological monitoring of exposure to toluene in human volunteers

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-132

  Tardif, R ^a   Truchon, G ^b   Brodeur, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Institute de Recherché en Sauté et en Sécurité du Travail Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIPPURIC ACID; ORTHO CRESOL; TOLUENE;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031945555     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10389137     Document Type: Article

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