Urinary benzylmercapturic acid as a marker of occupational exposure to toluene

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 341-347

  Inoue, Osamu ^b   Kanno, Etsuko ^b   Yusa, Toshiharu ^b   Kakizaki, Masaei ^b   Ukai, Hirohiko ^a   Okamoto, Satoru ^a   Higashikawa, Kae ^a   Ikeda, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzylmercapturic acid; Biological monitoring; Mercapturic acids; N Acetyl S benzyl cysteine; Toluene; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 2 PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETYLCYSTEINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIPPURIC ACID; INK; ORTHO CRESOL; TOLUENE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE MARKER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; SAMPLING; SHIFT WORKER; URINALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZALDEHYDES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOLUENE;

EID: 0036626529     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0322-8     Document Type: Article

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