Free and total 2,5-hexanedione in biological monitoring of workers exposed to n-hexane in the shoe industry

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-260

  Prieto, M J ^a   Marhuenda, D ^a   Roel, J ^b   Cardona, A ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Generalidad Valenciana   (Spain)

Author keywords

2,5 Hexanedione; Biological monitoring; n Hexane; Urine

Indexed keywords

4,5 DIHYDROXY 2 HEXANONE; ACETONE; ACETONYLACETONE; ALKANONE; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMPARATIVE TOXICOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLOVE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONAL MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE INDUSTRY; SKIN ABSORPTION; SPAIN; TIME; URINALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0142154218     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(03)00302-3     Document Type: Article

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