13C2-labeled methyl tert-butyl ether: Toxicokinetics and characterization of urinary metabolites in humans

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 822-830

  Nihlén, Annsofi ^a   Sumner, Susan C J ^b   Löf, Agneta ^a   Johanson, Gunnar ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; 2 HYDROXY 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; 2-HYDROXYISOBUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; ETHER DERIVATIVE; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FACE MASK; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLITE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TOXICOKINETICS; URINE; VAPOR; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; CARBON ISOTOPES; HUMANS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032588355     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx980274o     Document Type: Article

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