Correlation between urinary 2-methoxy acetic acid and exposure of 2-methoxy ethanol

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 674-678

  Shih, Tung Sheng ^a,c   Liou, Saou Hsing ^b   Chen, Cheng Yao ^a   Chou, Jui Shu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c No 1 Sec 3 Chung Hsiao E Rd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

2 Methoxy acetic acid; 2 Methoxy ethanol; Biological monitoring

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYETHANOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METHOXYACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032599840     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.10.674     Document Type: Article

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