Exposure of coke-oven workers to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons based on biological monitoring results

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 661-666

  Mielzynska D ^a   Braszczynska Z ^a   Siwinska E ^a   Smolik, E ^a   Bubak, A ^a   Sokal, J A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coke oven plant; Mutagenic activity of urine; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Urinary 1 hydroxypyrene

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MUTAGEN TESTING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0343632349     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119791012469     Document Type: Article

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