Changes in n-hexane toxicokinetics in short-term single exposure due to co-exposure to methyl ethyl ketone in volunteers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 399-405

  Shibata, Eiji ^a   Johanson, Gunnar ^b,c   Löf, Agneta ^b   Ernstgård, Lena ^b   Gullstrand, Elisabeth ^b   Sigvardsson, Karl ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2,5 Hexanedione; Biological monitoring; Methyl ethyl ketone; n Hexane; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; HEXANE; HYDROXYLAMINE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; EXERCISE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NEUROTOXICOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VAPOR; VENOUS BLOOD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BUTANONES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HEXANES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036705701     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0325-5     Document Type: Article

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