Methyl isobutyl ketone and methyl ethyl ketone in urine as biological markers of occupational exposure to these solvents at low levels

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-23

  Kawai, T ^b   Zhang, Z W ^b,c   Takeuchi, A ^b   Miyama, Y ^b   Sakamoto, K ^b   Higashikawa, K ^a   Ikeda, M ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b Osaka Occupational Health Service Centre   (Japan)

^c KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetone; Biological monitoring; Co exposure; Methyl ethyl ketone; Methyl isobutyl ketone; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 4 METHYL 2 PENTANONE; ACETONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ETHYLBENZENE; SOLVENT; TOLUENE; XYLENE; 2 HEXANONE; ALKANONE; METHYLETHYL KETONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FURNITURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KETONURIA; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLUBILITY; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VAPOR; WORKER; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BUTANONES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MALE; METHYL N-BUTYL KETONE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0037607104     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0374-9     Document Type: Article

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