Proposal for single and mixture biological exposure limits for sevoflurane and nitrous oxide at low occupational exposure levels

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-136

  Accorsi, Antonio ^a   Valenti, Simona ^a   Barbieri, Anna ^a   Raffi, Giovanni Battista ^a   Violante, Francesco Saverio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological exposure limit; Biological monitoring; Nitrous oxide; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; URINALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0038377463     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0379-4     Document Type: Article

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