Monitoring of occupational exposure to tetrachloroethene by analysis for unmetabolized tetrachloroethene in blood and urine in comparison with urinalysis for trichloroacetic acid

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 221-227

  Furuki, K ^a   Ukai, H ^a   Okamoto, S ^a   Takada, S ^a   Kawai, T ^b   Miyama, Y ^b   Mitsuyoshi, K ^b   Zhang, Z W ^c   Higashikawa, K ^a   Ikeda, M ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b Osaka Occupational Health Service Center   (Japan)

^c KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Blood analysis; Diffusive sampling; Head space GC; Tetrachloroethene; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0034035303     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050421     Document Type: Article

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