Biological monitoring of low level occupational xylene exposure and the role of recent exposure

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 331-336

  Jacobson, G A ^a   McLean, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological exposure index; Biological monitoring; Methylhippuric acid; Xylene

Indexed keywords

ISOMERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VAPORS; XYLENE; BODY FLUIDS; MONITORING;

XYLENE EXPOSURE;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; XYLENE;

HIPPURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS; XYLENES;

AMBIENT MONITORING; ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; BIOLOGICAL EXPOSURE INDICES; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GOOD CORRELATIONS; PASSIVE DIFFUSIONS; REGRESSION EQUATION; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

EID: 0037496108     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meg045     Document Type: Article

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