Levels of metals and organic substances in blood and urine of workers at a new hazardous waste incinerator

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 263-269

  Domingo, J L ^a   Schuhmacher, M ^a   Agramunt, M C ^a   Muller L ^b   Neugebauer, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b MPU GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baseline concentrations; Biomonitoring; Hazardous waste incinerator; Metals; Organic substances

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; ARSENIC; BENZENE; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; META XYLENE; METAL; NICKEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TOLUENE; VANADIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING HABIT; SPAIN; TOXICITY; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; BENZENE; CADMIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; LEAD; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TOLUENE; VANADIUM;

EID: 0035005427     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200000217     Document Type: Article

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