Biological Monitoring of n-Hexane Exposure in Portuguese Shoe Manufacturing Workers

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 736-741

  Mayan, Olga ^a   Teixeira, João P ^a   Pires, Ana F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biological Monitoring; N HEXANE; Shoe Manufacturing; Solvent Exposure

Indexed keywords

ACETONYLACETONE; HEXANE;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE INDUSTRY; URINALYSIS;

ADHESIVES; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEXANES; HEXANONES; HUMANS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SHOES;

EID: 0034946617     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220116711     Document Type: Article

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