Exposure assessment of monoterpenes and styrene: A comparison of air sampling and biomonitoring

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 599-603

  Liljelind, I ^a   Rappaport, S ^b   Eriksson, K ^c   Andersson, J ^d   Bergdahl, I A ^c   Sunesson, A L ^e   Jarvholm B ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; MANDELIC ACID; STYRENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBENOL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE LEVEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MANDELIC ACIDS; MONOTERPENES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTICS; STYRENES; WOOD;

EID: 0042090312     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.8.599     Document Type: Article

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