Validation of biomarkers in humans exposed to benzene: Urine metabolites

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 522-531

  Qu, Qingshan ^a   Melikian, Assieh A ^b   Li, Guilan ^c   Shore, Roy ^a   Chen, Lungchi ^a   Cohen, Beverly ^a   Yin, Songnian ^c   Kagan, Mark R ^b   Li, Heyi ^b   Meng, Min ^b   Jin, Ximei ^a   Winnik, Witold ^a   Li, Yuying ^d   Mu, Ruidong ^d   Li, Keqi ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Tianjin Institute of Light Industry   (China)

^e Hlth/Antiepidemic Stn Wuqing Co   (China)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biomarker; Catechol; Hydroquinone; Phenol; S phenylmercapturic acid; t,t muconic acid

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CATECHOL; GLUE; HYDROQUINONE; MUCONIC ACID; PHENOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHOE INDUSTRY; URINALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADHESIVES; ADULT; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATECHOLS; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOES; SORBIC ACID;

EID: 0034029680     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200005)37:5<522::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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