High levels of hippuric acid in the urine of Thai Press workers

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 624-627

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a   Suwansaksri, Jamsai ^a   Srita, Suriya ^a   Fongsoongnern, Anucha ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIPPURIC ACID; HIPPURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THAILAND; URINE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THAILAND; TOLUENE;

EID: 0038150168     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Toxicological Profile for Toluene (Update). PB/95/100228/AS1999: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 1999.
2. Alvarez-Leite EM, Duarte A, Barroca MM, Silveria JN. Possible effect of drinking and smoking habits on hippuric acid level in urine of adult with no occupational toluene exposure. J Occup Health 1999; 41: 112-4.
3. Angerer J. Occupational chronic exposure to organic solvents: VII. Metabolism of toluene in man. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1979; 43: 63-7.
4. Angerer J, Kramer A. Occupational chronic exposure to organic solvents. XVI. Ambient and biological monitoring of workers exposed to toluene. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1997; 69: 91-6.
5. Carlsson A. Exposure to toluene: uptake, distribution and elimination in man. Scand J Work Environ Health 1982; 8: 43-55.
6. De Rosa E, Brugnone F, Bartolucci GB, et al. The validity of urinary metabolites as indicators of low exposure of toluene. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1985; 56: 135-45.
7. Hayden JW, Peterson RG, Bruckner TV. Toxicology of toluene (methylbenzene): review of current literature. Clin Toxicol 1977; 11: 549-59.
8. Hjelm EW, Naslund PH, Wallen M. Influence of cigarette smoking on the toxicokinetics of toluene in humans. J Toxicol Environ Health 1988; 25: 155-63.
9. Ikeda M. Solvents in urine as exposure markers. Toxicol Lett 1999; 108: 99-106.
10. Inoue O, Seiji K, Watanabe T, et al. Effects of smoking and drinking on excretion of hippuric acid among toluene-exposed workers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1993; 64: 425-30.
11. Lauwerys RR, Buchet JP. Biological monitoring of exposure to benzene, toluene and xylene. IARC Sci Public 1988; 42: 205-22.
12. Ohmori S, Ikeda M, Kira S, Ogata M. Colorimetric determination of hippuric acid in urine and liver homogenate. Ann Chem 1977; 49: 1494-6.
13. Suwansaksri J, Wiwanitkit V. Urine trans, trans muconic acid determination for monitoring of benzene exposure in mechanics. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2000; 31: 587-9.
14. Vrca A, Bozicevic D, Bozikov V, Fuchs R, and Malinar M. Brain stem evoked potentials and visual evoked potentials in relation to the length of occupational exposure to low levels of toluene. Acta Med Croatica 1997; 51: 215-9.
15. Yin S, Li G, Hu Y, Zhang XM, et al. Symptoms and signs of workers exposed to benzene, toluene, or the combination. Ind Health 1987; 25: 113-30.