Reference range concentrations of N-acetyl-S-(2-hydroxyethyl)-L- cysteine, a common metabolite of several volatile organic compounds, in the urine of adults in the United States

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 336-342

  Calafat, Antonia M ^a   Barr, Dana B ^a   Pirkle, James L ^a   Ashley, David L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMOETHANE; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYMACON; VINYL CHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CREATININE CLEARANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032852138     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500032     Document Type: Article

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