A metabolite of the tobacco-specific lung carcinogen 4- (methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone in the urine of hospital workers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-260

  Parsons, William D ^c   Carmella, Steven G ^a   Akerkar, Shobha ^b   Bonilla, Leo E ^a   Hecht, Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Ste Anne's Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROSAMINES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0031948080     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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