Trans, trans-muconic acid, a biological indicator to low levels of environmental benzene: Some aspects of its specificity

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 511-518

  Pezzagno, Giulio ^a,c   Maestri, Luciano ^b   Fiorentino, Maria L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Dipto Med Preventiva   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biological monitoring; Confounding factors; Sorbic acid; Trans, trans muconic acid

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; MUCONIC ACID; SORBIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032942182     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199905)35:5<511::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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