Urinary phenylmercapturic acid as a marker of occupational exposure to benzene

Industrial Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-204

  Inoue, Osamu ^a   Kanno, Etsuko ^a   Kakizaki, Masaei ^a   Watanabe, Takao ^b   Higashikawa, Kae ^c   Ikeda, Masayuki ^c  

^a TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biological monitoring; Occupational exposure; Sulfuric acid treatment; Urinary mercapturic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; METHANOL; PERCHLORIC ACID; SULFURIC ACID; TOLUENE; WATER; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0034062557     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.38.195     Document Type: Article

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