Use of urinary PAH metabolites to assess PAH exposure intervention among coke oven workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 138-143

  Cho, Soo Hun ^a,d   Kang, Daehee ^a   Kang, Jong Won ^a   Ju, Yeong Su ^a   Sung, Joohon ^a   Lee, Cheol Koo ^a   Lee, Song Kwon ^b   Lee, Young Sei ^b   Strickland, Paul T ^c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b POSCO   (South Korea)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coke oven workers; Intervention; Urinary PAH metabolites

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; METABOLITE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN PROTECTION; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033934509     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.42.138     Document Type: Article

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