Benzene and naphthalene in air and breath as indicators of exposure to jet fuel

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 969-976

  Egeghy, P P ^a   Hauf Cabalo, L ^a   Gibson, R ^b   Rappaport, S M ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b Off Assistant Sec Def Hlth Aff   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FUEL; NAPHTHALENE;

ADULT; AIR FORCE; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOLDIER; VOLATILIZATION;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIRCRAFT; BENZENE; BREATH TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; LINEAR MODELS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NAPHTHALENES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TERATOGENS;

EID: 0344303513     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.12.969     Document Type: Article

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